U.S. Army issues RFI for new missile to replace TOW

The U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office (PEO) Missiles and Space (M&S) has issued a REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) for the Close Combat Missile System-Heavy (CCMS-H).

A Soldier from the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, shoots a Tube-Launched, Optically Tracked, Wireless-Guided (TOW) Missile from the Improved Target Acquisition System (ITAS) mounted on a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMV) on Range 48 at Fort Drum, N.Y., Mar. 2, 2022. Observers cannot stand within a 45 degree angle radius of the back of the HMV in order to not be in a position to be hit by shrapnel from the blast. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Pierre Osias)

The CCMS-H is to replace the existing BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile. The new missile must be able to destroy Tier 1 armored threats and field fortifications.

It must have dual command guidance such as Fire and Forget (F&F), Command-Line of Sight (CLOS), or Semi-Active Laser (SAL) homing while incorporating reprogrammable target prioritization capability.

The Army intends to store the CCMS-H for up to ten years and the missile must be ready to be fired at any time.

Vendors are expected to be called up to demonstrate their weapon in live-firings between 2024 and 2025.

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