Raytheon has secured $676 million to continue manufacturing tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided TOW weapon systems for the U.S. Army. The awards comprise an annual production contract valued ...

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Here’s What You Need To Remember: Despite its staying ahead of countermeasures, the design itself is getting dated. Traditional wire-guided TOWs face limitations when shooting across bodies of water ...

A combination of recent history and some hustle enabled the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team to train on Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-guided (TOW) anti-tank ...

Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry of the Wisconsin National Guard launch a Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-guided (TOW) anti-tank missile July 25, 2024, during training at a range ...

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About the same time the navy was introducing the wire guided torpedo, the army introduced the BGM-71 TOW (Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided) missile. This system is very effective and ...

Key Point: The BGM-71 TOW (“Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided) anti-tank missile will remain in the U.S. Army’s anti-tank arsenal through the mid-2030s. That is impressive given that the ...

Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems says it has test-fired a wireless version of its TOW anti-armor missile from a Navy helicopter in a first for the venerable weapon system. The company announced ...

U.S. Army maneuver officials at Fort Benning, Georgia, want to replace the venerable tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided, or TOW, missile with an advanced projectile that can kill enemy ...