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Navy’s Tomahawk Flies With Upgraded Communications

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, February 27th, 2014

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Navy’s Tomahawk Flies With Upgraded Communications

A Tomahawk launched off a U.S. Navy vessel. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy and contractor Raytheon [RTN] recently conducted a flight of a Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile to test new communications, the company said Thursday. The testing of the Block IV Tomahawk took place Feb. 19 after it launched from the USS Sterett (DDG-104) destroyer. Raytheon said the cruise missile flew a pre-programmed route and received updates on target location throughout the flight. “Throughout the flight, the missile maintained communications with all the command and control assets and provided updates on…

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