The State Department authorized the potential sale of Tomahawk missiles to Australia, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced today. The deal is for as many as 20 Block IV Tomahawks and 200 Block V Tomahawks for $895 million. “This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States. Australia […]
The US State Department has approved a possible foreign military sale to the Government of the UK of Tomahawk weapon system (TWS) follow-on support and related equipment.
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The Navy recently completed its first operational flight tests of the Block V Tomahawk missile, the weapon’s latest variant, from the guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG-90) off the coast of California.
The objective of the testing was to support initial fleet release of the Block V Tomahawk’s Navigation/Communications upgrade, as well as upgrades to the Theater Mission Planning Center system and the Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System.
“This is the culmination of years of planning and effort,” said the Tomahawk Weapons System Program Manager Capt. John Red. “We’re working every day to modernize the Tomahawk missile, and to deliver the best warfighting capability to the fleet.”