US Navy to purchase 48 more Block V Tomahawk missile from Raytheon.

According to information published by the US DoD on December 16, 2022, Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $171,187,894 fixed-price incentive modification (P00002) to a previously awarded contract (N0001922C0031).
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Tomahawk cruise missile. (Picture source: Raytheon)

This modification exercises an option to procure 111 full rate production Block V Tactical Tomahawk All Up Round Vertical Launch System missiles as follows: 50 for the Army, 48 for the Navy and 13 for the Marine Corps.

Work will be performed in Ogden, Utah (21.76%); Camden, Arkansas (15.44%); Huntsville, Alabama (10.68%); Clearwater, Florida (6.36%); Glenrothes, Fife, United Kingdom (4.21%); Spanish Fork, Utah (4.16%); Joplin, Missouri (3.93%); El Segundo, California (3.77%); Ontario, Middletown, Connecticut (3.43%); Midland, Ontario, Canada (3.04%); California (2.87%); Vergennes, Vermont (2.55%); Anniston, Alabama (2.44%); Minneapolis, Minnesota (1.59%); Moorpark, California (1.38%); Westminster, Colorado (1.20%); Chandler, Arizona (1.04%); and various location within the continental U.S. (10.15%), and is expected to be completed in November 2025.

Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Army) funds in the amount of $77,111,664; fiscal 2023 weapons procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $61,689,331; fiscal 2023 procurement (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $20,049,032; and fiscal 2021 weapons procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $12,337,866 will be obligated at the time of award, $12,337,866 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

About the Tomawahk missiles

The Tomahawk (/ˈtɒməhɔːk/) Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long-range, all-weather, jet-powered, subsonic cruise missile that is primarily used by the United States Navy and Royal Navy in ship and submarine-based land-attack operations.

Originally produced by General Dynamics, Tomahawk is currently manufactured by Raytheon. The missile can be fitted with a nuclear or conventional warhead of 450 kg high explosive or submunition dispenser with BLU-97/B Combined Effects Bomb or PBXN. It has an operational range from 1,300 to 2,500 km.

Tomahawk Block V was introduced in 2021 with improvements to navigation and in-flight targeting. Block Va, the Maritime Strike Tomahawk (MST) which allows the missile to engage a moving target at sea, and Block Vb outfitted with the JMEWS warhead for hard-target penetration, will be released after the initial batch of Block V is delivered in March 2021. All Block IV Tomahawks will be converted to Block V standard, while the remaining Block III missiles will be retired and demilitarized.