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 ...

The service restarted production of the Mk 48 torpedo mod 7 in 2016. An earlier version, the Mk 48 Mod 6, has been operational since 1997 – and the more recent Mod 7 has been in service since 2006.

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.

FMS customers Australia and Taiwan are included in the latest Mk-48 Mod 7 heavyweight torpedo support contract for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). However, most of the work ...

The MK 48 Mod 7 Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System torpedo entered initial operational capability in 2006 and works to perform countermeasure operations in both littoral and deep waters.

The Mk 48 ADCAP mod 7 CBASS torpedo is the result of a Joint Development Program with the Royal Australian Navy and achieved initial operational capability in 2006,” Couch said.

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.