Navy negotiating contract with Raytheon for maritime strike Tomahawk

By Justin Doubleday / May 23, 2017 at 10:45 AM
The Navy and Raytheon are negotiating a contract to wrap up development of a multimode seeker that will allow Tomahawk missiles to strike ships. Raytheon Missile Systems expects the contract will be awarded by July, according to Chris Sprinkle, the company's senior program manager for Tomahawk air warfare system. "RMS is in active negotiation with the U.S. Navy to begin formal development work on the multimode seeker," Sprinkle wrote in a May 18 email to Inside the Navy . "The...

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