The agreement responds to rising demand for key missile components needed for current operations and future combat requirements. It supports Raytheon’s Tomahawk program, with Raytheon operating as an RTX business.
L3Harris has supplied components for the Tomahawk for more than 30 years. The company produces the Mk 135 solid-propellant booster and the missile’s blast-fragmentation warhead.
“L3Harris is committed to continuing high-quality propulsion production to support both ongoing military operations and future combat needs,” said Scott Alexander, President, Propulsion Systems, Missile Solutions, L3Harris. “Collaborating with our U.S. Navy partners strengthens the supply chain, allowing us to expand our manufacturing capabilities to fulfill urgent national security mission requirements.”
The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division said the agreement would expand capability and capacity within the Navy’s Organic Industrial Base for Energetics. The partnership is intended to help meet growing requirements from U.S. warfighters.
“NAWCWD is committed to being an active and contributing member of the Organic Industrial Base for Energetics for the U.S. Navy,” said Ephraim Washburn, Acting Director for Energetics, NAWCWD. “In this capacity, working with our industrial partners provides increased capability and capacity to meet our warfighters’ needs.”
The agreement follows a similar L3Harris partnership with Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division. That effort is increasing production of Mk 104 solid dual-thrust rocket motors used for second-stage propulsion in Raytheon’s Standard Missile program.
