Raytheon and US Navy Tomahawk Blk 4 flight tests

Raytheon and the US Navy recently completed two flight tests with the Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile. According to the company, the tests were conducted to demonstrate the missile’s ability to engage time-sensitive targets.

During the first test, a Tomahawk missile was fired by US Navy personnel from the Arleigh Burke- class guided missile destroyer USS Pinckney, using the Launch Platform Mission Planning capability. The weapon followed a preplanned route throughout the trial.For the second test, crew members fired the weapon for a longer duration, and also conducted a terminal dive manoeuvre to strike the intended target. Raytheon said the performance confirms the Tomahawk’s ability to attack heavily defended targets.