Navair public affairs news release (July 29, 2005): Tomahawk program office merger announced.The U.S. Navy's Tomahawk tomahawk [from an Algonquian dialect of Virginia], hatchet generally used by Native North Americans as a hand weapon and as a missile. The earliest tomahawks were made of stone, with one edge or two edges sharpened (sometimes the stone was globe shaped). missile program has recently consolidated its management areas to provide the most efficient support to the Fleet. The consolidation follows a recommendation resulting from an assessment conducted by an independent consultant, in conjunction with the related Navy staffs. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The change involves the merger of PMA-282, the Tomahawk Weapon Control System program management office, with PMA-280, the Tomahawk All-Up-Round program management office. Additionally, the Cruise Test Directorate of PEO (W) has become part of PMA-280. The name of the new organization will be PMA-280, the Tomahawk Weapons System program office. "I support your efforts to gain efficiencies and improve resource allocation," said John Young, assistant secretary of the Navy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (abbrev. "ASN") is the title given to certain senior officials in the U.S. Department of the Navy. They serve as chief assistants to the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV). , for research, development and acquisition, in a memo approving the merger. According to a newly defined program mission statement, the office will be "the Navy's premier acquisition command and life cycle manager for the Tomahawk Weapons System providing the warfighter with a safe, effective, reliable, and maintainable weapons system." The Tomahawk program is part of the Program Executive Office, Strike Weapons and Unmanned Aviation (PEO(W)) co-located at the NAVAIR NAVAIR Naval Air Systems Command complex, on the Patuxent River Naval Air Station A Naval Air Station is an airbase of the United States Navy. Such bases are used to house Naval Aviation squadrons and support commands. List of Functioning US Naval Air Stations
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