Northrop Grumman To Make New Air-Launched Torpedo

Rendering of the Mk. 54 Mod 2 advanced lightweight torpedo. Credit: Northrop Grumman.

Rendering of the Mk. 54 Mod 2 advanced lightweight torpedo.

Credit: Northrop Grumman
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a $233 million contract to manufacture a new lightweight torpedo to be launched from the service’s fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, the company announced Jan. 12. The Mk. 54 Mod 2 advanced lightweight torpedo was designed under a cooperative agreement led...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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