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RTX’s Raytheon Wins $22.9 Billion, Seven-Year Deal to Supercharge Tomahawk Missile Production

August 17, 2026

Raytheon has secured a $22.9 billion, seven-year U.S. Navy contract to push Tomahawk cruise missile production past 1,000 units annually, tripling 2026 deliveries and expanding its nationwide supplier base.

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The guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) launches a Tomahawk Block V cruise missile during a U.S. Navy exercise off the coast of California. Raytheon Missiles & Defense delivered the first Block V variant to the Navy on March 25, 2021. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

A new era for the Tomahawk missile

March 26, 2021

The Tomahawk cruise missile has been the U.S. go-to precision weapon for long-distance strikes. It launches from ships and submarines. It can […]