SURFACE NAVY
ASSOCIATION
Tomahawk Weapons System
15 January 2020
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Presented by: CAPT JOHN RED
Program Manager, PMA-280

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 TOMAHAWK WEAPONS SYSTEM

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 PMA-280 PORTFOLIO
TOMAHAWK WEAPONS SYSTEM
INTERNATIONAL:
FMS with United Kingdom
ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND
TECHNOLOGIES
TACTICAL TOMAHAWK WEAPONS CONTROL SYSTEM
(ACAT III)
MARITIME STRIKE TOMAHAWK
RAPID DEPLOYMENT CAPABILITY
ALL-UP ROUND MISSILE SYSTEMS
(ACAT I)

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 TOMAHAWK WORLDWIDE PRESENCE

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 PAST
• Block III Tomahawk:
 IOC in 1994
 Service Life: ~8.5 Years
 Range: Block III TLAM-C/D – 800 statute miles
 Status: DEMIL

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 PRESENT
• Block IV Tomahawk
 IOC in 2004
 Service Life: 30 Years w/mid-life recertification
 Range: Block IV TLAM-E – 1000 statute miles
 Status: Deployed

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 THE FUTURE IS NOW
• Mid-life Recertification
 Replaces life-limited

components
 Recertification provides the
opportunity to Modernize
the missile

• Modernization
 Received initial Block V

test missiles
 Upcoming capabilities:
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Block V: NAV/COMMs
 Block Va: NAV/COMMs +
Maritime Strike Tomahawk
 Block Vb: NAV/COMMs + Joint
Multiple Effects Warhead System
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Modernized Weapons System (TMPC, TTWCS, and AUR) will be fielded FY21
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 NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION
UPGRADES (NAV/COMMs)
• All Block V (including Va and Vb) Tomahawk missiles will be
equipped with NAV/COMMs upgrades.
• Installation of NAV/COMMs Modernization Kits will replace the
existing Satellite Data Link Terminal radio and antenna.
• Maintains the capability for In-flight Target Updates and Improved
Navigation

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 MARITIME STRIKE TOMAHAWK
(MST)

• The Maritime Strike Tomahawk is a Seeker Kit added to a
Block V missile (Block Va).
 Enables the capability to hit moving maritime targets through mid-

course guidance via third party or seeker mode, to a terminal
seeker area of uncertainty.

 Initial Operational Capability (IOC) is planned for 2023.

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 JOINT MULTIPLE EFFECTS
WARHEAD SYSTEM (JMEWS)

• JMEWS is a new conventional warhead that has
the potential to greatly expand the land target set.
• JMEWS will enable Tomahawk to utilize multiple
lethal effects to address Hard and Deeply Buried
Targets, while increasing the Tomahawk Weapon
System capabilities against Integrated Air Defense
Systems and Weapons of Mass Destruction.

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 PARTNERS/KEY SUPPLIERS

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 SUMMARY
• Tomahawk remains the
Navy’s proven very longrange offensive strike
missile
• Recertification enables
the remaining 15 years of
service life
• Modernization ensures
Tomahawk’s relevance
now and in the future
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