Army awards $271M contract modification for 2,000 TOW missiles

The Army awarded a $271 million contract modification this month for the full-rate production of the Tube-Launched Optically Tracked Missile Weapon System, according to a Sept. 22 Pentagon notice.

The funds will purchase 2,000 of the TOW Obsolescence and Safety 2B missile variant, according to an Army Program Executive Office for Missiles & Space statement provided to Inside Defense Tuesday. The missiles will be for the U.S. Army and foreign military sales.

The contract was initially awarded in September 2024 as an undefinitized contract action, but was fully definitized this month, according to the Army.

The TOW weapon system, manufactured by Raytheon, is a “long-range, heavy assault-precision anti-armor, anti-fortification and anti-amphibious landing weapon system” that allows ground forces to “achieve overmatch against adversary armored and wheeled systems,” according to the company.

TOW missiles were among the weapons the U.S. had included in its security assistance packages that were sent to Ukraine during the Biden administration.