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Navy/USMC

Tomahawk, LRASM Potential Candidates for Navy’s Next-Gen Missile

Valerie Insinna

Thursday, August 6th, 2015

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Tomahawk, LRASM Potential Candidates for Navy’s Next-Gen Missile

A Lockheed Martin rendering of LRASM. (Image: Lockheed Martin).

The competition for the Navy’s next anti-ship missile, set to kick off in 2017, could be a match between Raytheon’s [RTN] Tomahawk Block IV missile and the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) being developed by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the deputy chief of naval operations for warfare systems said Wednesday.As Tomahawk missiles begin going through the recertification process that will extend their lives, the Navy wants to beef up the capability of the missile, potentially with new warheads, command and control…

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