Army awards $271M contract modification for 2,000 TOW missiles

Army awards $271M contract modification for 2,000 TOW missiles

The Army awarded a $271 million contract modification this month for the full-rate production of the Tube-Launched Optically Tracked Missile Weapon System, according to a Sept. 22 Pentagon notice. The funds will purchase 2,000 of the TOW Obsolescence and Safety 2B missile variant, according to an Army Program Executive Office for Missiles & Space statement provided to Inside Defense Tuesday. The missiles will be for the U.S. Army and foreign mil…