Navy Questions Towed Decoy

The Pentagon has rejected a recent General Accounting Office recommendation that the Navy outfit its F/A-18C/D aircraft with ALE-50 towed decoys, developed by Raytheon E-Systems. The ALE-50 will be used on the Navy's next-generation F/A-18E/Fs until the more versatile ALE-55 fiber-optic towed decoy...

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