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http://mae.pennnet.com/articles/arti... 05527&pc=enl

"The concept for Block IV arose from a challenge by the Pentagon to
implement
the U.S. Navy's vision of a low-cost "Tactical" Tomahawk system that
would
provide affordable, responsive fire power, affordable follow-on
production,
and significantly reduce life cycle cost. "

WattabunchaBS.

Missile Systems Group made an unsolicited proposal to USN for a
follow-on
program to legacy Tomahawk, and proposed making it 50% cheaper by
re-designing some things and using procurement reform. It took
literally an act of congress to make it happen.

And you have cites for this?

Yes

Yet you fail to provide them when asked. That speaks volumes.

From what I have read, Raytheon did submit the original proposal for TT
without their being a RFP issued. But left unsaid was how "unsolicited" that
was; did DoD say, "Hey, we can't justify buying more and more Tomahawks at
the existing price and with the restrictions upon operational use they are
burdened with, so can you come up with a cheaper option that increases the
tactical usefullness of the system?" Who knows?

Brooks