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Big Bucks/Big Bang: Raytheon Snags Tomahawk Block IV Full-Rate Production

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Raytheon has been awarded $287 million in Fiscal Year 2004 as part of a full-rate production contract to supply the U.S. Navy with the next-generation Block IV Tomahawk cruise missile. The Navy and Raytheon have entered into a multi-year procurement contract to replenish the Tomahawk inventory. The value of this contract could reach $1.6 billion once all of the procurement orders are placed over the next five years.

Work is expected to be completed on this initial missile order by December 2006. Work will be done at Raytheon's Missile Systems businesses in Tucson, Ariz., and Camden, Ark. The first low-rate production Block IV missiles were delivered to the Navy in May.

"The Navy-Raytheon team is very honored and excited to provide the warfighter the Block IV Tomahawk missile. This revolutionary weapon, with its flexible targeting and loitering capabilities builds on the tremendous 32-year tradition and success of the legacy Tomahawk program," said Navy Capt. Bob Novak, Tomahawk All-Up-Round program manager. "The Navy's first weapons multi- year contract ensures that the fleet will get the best possible cruise missile at the best price."

Block IV Tomahawk will be the centerpiece of the Navy's new Tomahawk Baseline IV Weapons System. The system integrates the Block IV missile with improved mission planning and platform weapons control capabilities. This latest version of the Navy's surface- and submarine-launched precision strike standoff weapon incorporates innovative technologies to provide unprecedented operational capabilities while dramatically reducing acquisition, operations and support costs. The Block IV missile will have a 15-year warranty and recertification cycle, compared to the Block III variant's eight-year recertification cycle.

The new capabilities that Block IV Tomahawk brings to the Navy's sea strike capability are derived from the missile's two-way satellite data link that enables the missile to respond to changing battlefield conditions. The strike controller can "flex" the missile in flight to preprogrammed alternate targets or redirect it to a new target. This targeting flexibility includes the capability to loiter over the battlefield awaiting a more critical target.

The missile can also transmit battle damage indication imagery and missile health and status messages via the satellite data link. For the first time, firing platforms will have the capability to plan and execute Global Positioning System-only missions. Block IV will also introduce an improved anti-jam GPS receiver for enhanced mission performance.

The Navy and Raytheon are entering into a five-year procurement contract to replenish Tomahawk inventory at the most affordable cost. The legacy program Tomahawk missile is the Navy's weapon of choice for critical, long- range precision strike missions against high value, heavily defended targets. The Block IV costs about half the price of a newly built Block III missile.

FMI: www.raytheon.com

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