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ACommunications & electronic warfare
Family of air-launched active radar decoy/jammer and payload bus aerial vehicles
BCommunications & electronic warfare
system which allows ground forces, such as Forward air controllers (FAC), to see what an aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is seeing in real time
Measured figures
Length
Single source9 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (2.858 m)[source]
Configuration
| Specification | ADM-160 MALD | ROVER |
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| Type | Family of air-launched active radar decoy/jammer and payload bus aerial vehicles[source] | system which allows ground forces, such as Forward air controllers (FAC), to see what an aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is seeing in real time[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | — |
| Used by | United States Air Force , United States Navy , Ukrainian Air Force[source] | — |
| Wars | Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine[source] | — |
| Manufacturer | Raytheon Missile Systems[source] |
Width
Single source16.2 in (0.41 m)[source]
Maximum; Mach 0.9 (
Single sourceMaximum; Maximum speed
Single sourceMach 0.9 (1,000 ft/s; 310 m/s)[source]
Operational; MALD
Single sourceOperational; MALD-J
Single sourceMALD: 500 nmi (580 mi; 930 km) MALD-J: 486 nmi (559 mi; 900 km)[source]
Pratt & Whitney TJ-150 turbojet 150 lb f
Single sourcePratt & Whitney TJ-150 turbojet 0.67 kN (150 lb f )[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Guidance system | GPS , INS[source] | — |
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| Launch platform | F-15 , F-16 , F-22 , F-35 , A-10 , B-1B , B-52 , P-8A Poseidon , MQ-1 Predator , MQ-9 Reaper , Mikoyan MiG-29 (Ukraine)[source] | — |
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| References | Janes[source] | — |
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| Display | — | laptop on the ground[source] |
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| Role | — | close air support[source] |
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| Introduced | — | 2002[source]ROVERI introduction only |
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| Compatibility | — | UAVs and aircraft carrying the LITENING targeting pod as well as other targeting systems[source] |
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| Other pod compatibility | — | Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod also uses the ROVER for ground station[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | United States[source]Inventory Origin column; table 16, row 21, cell 3; revision 1375013163; retrieved 2026-09-30 |
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