U.S. Navy Expanding Advanced Expendable Decoy Use

Credit: U.S. Navy. Caption: U.S. Marine removed flare and chaff magazine from an F/A-18 on the USS Nimitz.

A U.S. Marine removes a flare and chaff magazine from an F/A-18 on the USS Nimitz.

Credit: U.S. Navy
The U.S. Navy is expanding what aircraft may start employing advanced expendable decoys (AEDs) after committing to use the technology on Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters. The service now says it also plans to buy AEDs for the Boeing F/A-18 and other platforms, it says in an April 28 solicitation. AEDs...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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