The United States (US) has signed a $400 million contract for the procurement of 131 Tomahawk long-range cruise missiles, of which 42 missiles are intended for the US armed forces and 78 for Japan, the US Defence Department said.
“Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a not-to exceed $401,199,552 firm-fixed-price undefinitised contract for the procurement of 131 full rate production Block V Tactical Tomahawk All Up Rounds missiles to include 26 for the Army, 16 for the Marine Corps, 11 for the Commonwealth of Australia, and 78 for the government of Japan,” the department said in a statement on Thursday.
The work is expected to be completed in March 2028, the statement added.
In late October, The New York Times reported that a clause in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s so-called “victory plan” included providing Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles. US officials, in turn, called this request “completely impossible” to satisfy.
