The Navy has tapped Raytheon to mature technology and reduce technical risk on the next-generation Miniature Air Launched Decoy -- leveraging a decade of investment by the Air Force on the expendable system used to trick enemy air defense systems -- to give the Navy's fleet of F/A-18s a networked stand-in electronic warfare capability to suppress enemy sensors. On Sept. 25, the Navy awarded Raytheon Missile Systems a $46.6 million contract for "technical maturation of the Miniature Air Launch Decoy-Navy,"...
