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U.S. Air Force And Raytheon Upgrade MALD-J Anti-jamming Capabilities

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U.S. Air Force And Raytheon Upgrade MALD-J Anti-jamming Capabilities
The Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammer (MALD-J), used with the CERBERUS modular, rapid replacement architecture for electronic warfare at the Northern Edge tests. Photo: Raytheon.

The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon [RTN] validated the performance of an upgraded navigation system for the Miniature Air Launched Decoy-Jammer (MALD-J), the company said Tuesday.The upgrade, called GPS Aided Inertial Navigation System II (GAINS II), includes an enhanced multi-element GPS-controlled antenna assembly which improved the MALD-J navigation performance in a GPS jamming environment, Raytheon said.Raytheon said the improvements and efficiencies in the design helped to reduce the GAINS II overall unit costs. The performance was validated in six flight…

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