Raytheon [RTN] has completed testing of a new passive seeker for the Tomahawk cruise missile designed to find and track frequency emitting targets and guide the missile to them, even as the Navy is looking to wind down production of the missile. The testing took place over two days the week of April 21 and involved attaching a nosecone for the Navy’s Tomahawk Block IV missiles to a T-39 aircraft to test its ability to seek, identify and track the emitting…
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