
The U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD) is contracting with the U.S. government for $333 million to upgrade its stock of Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAM) for longer ranges. The U.K. government said on May 31 this upgrade will arm the Royal Navy’s Astute-class submarines with enhanced Raytheon Technologies [RTX] Block V TLAMS capable of ranges up to 1,000 miles. The MoD said the upgrade also aims to make the missiles less vulnerable to threats with modernized in-flight communication and target…