US awards Raytheon $22.9 billion deal to boost Tomahawk output

The U.S. military, scrambling to rebuild depleted stocks of high-tech weaponry, on Monday said it had awarded RTX unit Raytheon a $22.9 billion contract to dramatically boost the output of Tomahawk missiles.

The U.S. ‌has supplied large amounts of arms to allies while also using munitions in the Iran conflict, raising concerns about inventories of air defense and precision-guided weapons.

“We called on industry to rapidly scale up munitions output, and RTX is delivering,” Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao said in an X post. “This landmark Tomahawk contract ensures our warfighters continue to have the lethal firepower they need.”

In a separate statement, Raytheon said the contract would run for seven years and would allow annual Tomahawk production to increase to more than 1,000 missiles. The company currently makes just 60 a year.

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 formal announcement firms up a framework agreement that the U.S. military and Raytheon signed in February.

The administration of President Donald Trump is brokering multi-year deals with the biggest U.S. defense contractors, giving the companies confidence to invest billions of dollars in new facilities and equipment.

Earlier this month, the military signed deals to ramp up production of Patriot and THAAD interceptor missile parts.

美国军方正忙于重建已耗尽的高科技武器库存，周一宣布已授予RTX旗下的雷神公司一份价值229亿美元的合同，以大幅提高战斧导弹的产量。

美国向盟友提供了大量武器，同时还在伊朗冲突中使用弹药，这引发了人们对防空和精确制导武器库存的担忧。

“我们呼吁业界迅速扩大弹药产量，RTX公司正在兑现承诺，”海军代理部长曹洪在X论坛上发帖称。“这份具有里程碑意义的战斧导弹合同确保了我们的作战人员继续拥有他们所需的致命火力。”

雷神公司在另一份声明中表示，该合同将持续七年，并将使战斧导弹的年产量增加到1000枚以上。该公司目前的年产量仅为60枚。

海基战斧导弹是海军水面舰队的主力，可从舰艇和潜艇上对陆地目标进行远程精确打击。

此次正式宣布巩固了美国军方和雷神公司在2月份签署的框架协议。

唐纳德·特朗普总统的政府正在与美国最大的国防承包商达成多年期协议，这让这些公司有信心投资数十亿美元用于建设新设施和设备。

本月初，军方签署协议，加大“爱国者”和“萨德”拦截导弹部件的生产力度。