US Ramps Up Tomahawk Production After Depleting a Third of its Arsenal

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    "url": "https://www.negocios.com/articulo/mercados/eeuu-dispara-produccion-tomahawk-vaciar-tercio-arsenal/20260823140636492507.html",
    "title": "US Ramps Up Tomahawk Production After Depleting a Third of its Arsenal - Negocios.com",
    "excerpt": "The United States has just launched one of the largest industrial rearmament operations in recent years. The Navy has awarded Raytheon, an RTX subsidiary, a $22.9 billion contract over seven years to drastically accelerate the production of Tomahawk cruise missiles. The goal is to increase from about 60 units annually to more than 1,000, multiplying current capacity by more than 16 times. The move does not imply that Washington has run \"out of weapons,\" but it does reveal a more uncomfortable problem: inventories of precision ammunition have been depleted much faster than the industrial capacity to replace them. The conflict with Iran has exacerbated an existing vulnerability that is particularly concerning due to a potential simultaneous clash in the Indo-Pacific. The agreement announced on August 17 is extraordinary both in its volume and its duration. The US Navy intends to finance more than 7,000 new, modernized, or recertified Tomahawks during the contractual period, according to Janes.\nThe magnitude allows Raytheon to invest in new facilities, suppliers, and personnel with a visibility that traditional annual contracts did not offer. That is precisely the problem Washington is trying to correct. For decades, the US defense industry optimized capacity for limited wars and relatively small orders. The return of prolonged conflicts and competition with China have shown that...",
    "summary": "Raytheon plans to increase its annual production of Tomahawk missiles from 60 to over 1,000, AMRAAM missiles to at least 1,900, and SM-6 missiles to over 500.",
    "location": "United States",
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    "image_url": "https://www.negocios.com/media/negocios/images/2026/07/30/2026073015515442150.jpg",
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    "published_at": "2026-08-23T12:06:36Z",
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