The MK 48 heavyweight torpedo is used by all submarine classes as an anti-submarine and anti-surface weapon, the Navy says. Its digital guidance system allows for repeated upgrades, the service says.

Notably, Mk 48 Mod 8 hardware improvements include an upgraded sonar array designed to expand the torpedo’s acoustic frequency range and improve spatial resolution.

Lockheed has been working on upgrades to the Mk 48 torpedo Mod 6 and Mod 7 – which consists of adjustments to the guidance control box, broadband sonar acoustic receiver and amplifier components.

The latest version of the Mk 48 heavy torpedo is the MOD 7. The product of a joint development program with the Royal Australian Navy, the Mk 48 MOD 7 is designed both for deep-water and littoral ...

These G&C sections provide advanced systems for the MK-48 torpedo that boost the number of MK-48 Mod 7 heavyweight torpedoes in the Navy’s and allied forces’ inventory.

However, “Mk 48 Mod 7 torpedo reliability has degraded below navy-defined requirements”, the DOT&E noted, recommending the navy determine and correct the causes of the degraded reliability of ...

What’s Favoring Lockheed Martin? The MK 48 Mod 7 CBASS torpedo is the U.S. Navy’s most capable and potent anti-surface and anti-submarine weapon in use aboard U.S. Navy and allied submarines.

Science Applications International (NYSE:SAIC) bags a $102.5M contract by the U.S. Navy to continue supporting the MK 48 Mod 7 Heavyweight Torpedo program. This is a firm-fixed-price and cost-plus ...

Per the contract, Lockheed Martin will supply MK-48 common broadband advanced sonar system upgrade kits as well as MK 48 heavyweight torpedo guidance and control sections to the Navy.

The MK 48 Mod 7 CBASS torpedo is the U.S. Navy’s most capable and potent anti-surface and anti-submarine weapon in use aboard U.S. Navy and allied submarines.

Under the new contract option, SAIC will produce, assemble, test and deliver the U.S. Navy’s MK 48 Mod 7 Torpedo Afterbody Tailcones (AB/TC) and MK29 Mod 0 Warshot Fuel Tanks to the U.S. Navy ...