Raytheon wins seven-year Pentagon deal to boost missile production

The sea-launched Tomahawk, a mainstay of the navy’s surface fleet, provides long-range precision strike capability against land targets from ships and submarines. The land-based Tomahawk variant, a newer addition to the arsenal, gives ground units similar long-range strike options.

Production of AMRAAM air-to-air missiles will rise to at least 1,900, RTX said in a statement. The AMRAAM, primarily used by the air force and navy, serves as the military’s primary beyond-visual-range air-to-air combat missile.

Production rates of SM-3 Block IB and SM-3 Block IIA ballistic missile interceptors will also rise, with many munitions growing two to four times current output, the company said. The SM-3 Block IB and Block IIA interceptors, both navy systems, are designed to destroy short- to intermediate-range ballistic missiles in space.