Raytheon Restarts MALD Production to Scale Air Defense Decoys

By Prabhat Ranjan Mishra · Interesting Engineering · 2026-07-19

Interesting Engineering reports that Raytheon is re-energizing its Virginia manufacturing lines to resume production of the Miniature Air-Launched Decoy. This flight-ready system mimics the radar profiles of allied fighters to confuse and exhaust enemy surface-to-air defenses. Th

Interesting Engineering reports that Raytheon is re-energizing its Virginia manufacturing lines to resume production of the Miniature Air-Launched Decoy. This flight-ready system mimics the radar profiles of allied fighters to confuse and exhaust enemy surface-to-air defenses. Th