June 23, 2010 - The guided-missile destroyer U.S.S. Sterett successfully launches its second Tomahawk missile during weapons testing. (Credit: U.S. Navy/Petty Officer 1st Class Carmichael Yepez)
The BGM-109 Tomahawk missile has the capability to loiter over a target area for some hours and to reprogram the missile while in-flight to strike alternate targets. At launch, an L3Harris produced Mk 135 solid propellant booster propels the missile until a small turbofan engine takes over for the cruise portion of flight. L3Harris also loads the 1,000 pound class WDU-36/B blast fragmentation warhead with a PBXN-107 explosive.
March 19, 2011 - Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer U.S.S. Barry launches a Tomahawk missile in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn. (Credit: U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet, Fireman Roderick Eubanks)
March 29, 2011 - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer U.S.S. Barry launches a Tomahawk cruise missile from the ship’s bow. (Credit: U.S. Navy/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Sunderman)
Aug. 17, 2018 - The guided missile destroyer U.S.S. Dewey (DDG 105) conducts a tomahawk missile flight test while underway in the western Pacific. (Credit: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Devin M. Langer)
Editorial | 03. 24. 2026
We're answering that call to industry by expanding capacity to produce combat-proven solutions at the speed and scale the Department of War demands. writes Jeff Zotti, Vice President and General Manager, Missile Production Programs, L3Harris.
