Air Force officials plan to start negotiating a Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer variant Lot 5 production contract next spring and the entire process is expected to take six months, according to a service spokeswoman. The negotiation phase is expected to start sometime in March or April, according to Jennifer Cassidy, an Air Force spokeswoman. The service started the fact-finding phase of the negotiations on Dec. 12, she said. "Pre-negotiations include fact-finding discussions and a Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)...