Tomahawk warheads: U.S. Navy opens a 300-gallon mixer at China Lake to build up production

NAWCWD builds Tomahawk warhead capacity to stay ahead of missile production - Seapower Magazine

CHINA LAKE, Calif. — A year ago, the energetics team at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division pulled a Tomahawk warhead case out of a museum. The team mixes explosives and rocket propellants and loads them into Navy weapons. They cleaned the case. They mixed PBXN-107 explosive and filled the...

Tomahawk warheads: U.S. Navy opens a 300-gallon mixer at China Lake to build up production

NAWCWD has cut the ribbon on a new mixer at China Lake that will let the U.S. Navy lab reach production rate on Tomahawk warheads from around June 2027, after filling seven first-article units this autumn.

NAWCWD builds Tomahawk warhead capacity to stay ahead of missile production

Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division's energetics team at China Lake filled seven first-article Tomahawk warheads this fall, a year after it proved the capability by filling a warhead case pulled from a museum. On Nov. 9, NAWCWD cut the ribbon on a new 300-gallon mixer that will let the team reach production rate once it comes online around June 2027. The goal is warheads ready before Raytheon needs them as the Navy accelerates Tomahawk pro…