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Navy Will Take Another Look At Tomahawks In 2017

Navy Will Take Another Look At Tomahawks In 2017
A Tomahawk launched off a U.S. Navy vessel. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy plans to stop ordering new Tomahawk cruise missiles beyond the 100 requested for fiscal 2016 while not ruling out the possibility of buying more, and will take a second look at the issue when it prepares its 2017 budget request, Navy acquisition chief Sean Stackley said this week.The Navy is stopping buys of the Raytheon [RTN]-built Tomahawk as it looks to develop a next-generation land-attack missile, but Stackley said that because of some of the risks associated with…

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