Navy plans for Tomahawk re-certification to include anti-ship upgrade

By Justin Doubleday / January 20, 2017 at 6:21 PM
The Navy is preparing to put its inventory of Tomahawk missiles through a refurbishment process known as re-certification starting in fiscal year 2019, with some of the land-attack missiles expected to receive a newly developed ability to strike targets at sea during the factory restoration. The service has been working with Tomahawk manufacturer Raytheon over the past two years to define the work the missiles will require when they enter the mid-life re-certification process, according to Capt. Mark Johnson, the...

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