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  "id": 1504904,
  "title": "US awards Raytheon $22.9bn Tomahawk production deal as concerns mount over dwindling munitions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/us-awards-raytheon-22-9bn-tomahawk-production-deal-as-concerns-mount-1504904",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T15:05:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
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    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2026/08/17/us-awards-raytheon-229bn-tomahawk-production-deal-as-concerns-mount-over-dwindling-munitions/"
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  "summary": "The US on Monday said it had awarded RTX's Raytheon unit a $22.9 billion contract to boost Tomahawk missile production as the Pentagon rushes to rebuild a munitions stockpile depleted by the Iran war. Concern has been mounting that the Iran conflict is draining US inventories of air defence and precision-guided weapons such as Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) missile…",
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        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "US awards Raytheon $22.9bn Tomahawk production deal as concerns mount over dwindling munitions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/us-awards-raytheon-22-9bn-tomahawk-production-deal-as-concerns-mount",
        "published": "2026-08-17T15:05:21.000Z"
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