As part of two contracts across 2023 and 2024, Raytheon, an RTX company, will receive $676 million in funding for the U.S. Army’s tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided (TOW) weapon system. The firm continues to advance the application of multiple technologies within the weapon system, including the latest fusing and advanced target-detection techniques.
As Tom Laliberty, president of Land and Air Defense Systems at Raytheon, explained, “Our TOW production line is active, and we can manufacture up to 10,000 missiles annually.” Regarding the technical status of the system, he added, “This combat-proven effector is ready to meet current and future anti-tank guided missile requirements for the U.S. Army, Marines Corps, and land forces across the globe.”
Modernized fusing and target-detection updates provide warfighters with high-speed target engagement times and differentiation of varied targets even in complex urban operating environments. To support evolving logistical and terrain challenges, the design and packaging of the missiles (see image above) have been improved to meet the latest military environmental requirements.
Since 2003, the TOW missile system has been used 11,000 times in combat missions. Raytheon has delivered more than 700,000 TOW weapon systems to U.S. and international armed forces, including about 13,000 TOW missiles to Ukraine via the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
