There was a time when elements of the U.S. Navy appreciated the complexity, effort, duration, and assets anti-submarine warfare, or ASW, demanded of a fleet. Expecting to fight a blue-water war-at-sea ...

As the top-tier Columbia-class nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine program surges forward with keel laying and additional production, the high-priority platforms have been tasked with ensuring ...

Key Point: The missile is big, it’s bad, and it’s being used all over the world. The U.S. Navy is now prototyping a new, longer range and more lethal submarine-launched heavyweight Mk 48 that can ...

Lockheed Martin has secured a $245 million contract extension from the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command to continue the delivery of essential systems for the Mark-48 Guidance and Control, or G&C, Mod 7 ...

Anticipating big changes in naval warfare, Lockheed Martin LMT announced the impending closure of two manufacturing plants focusing on the Freedom class Littoral Combat Ship, the Mk 48 heavyweight ...

Navy weapons developers are seeking a high-tech, longer range and more lethal submarine-launched heavyweight Mk 48 that can better destroy enemy ships, submarines and small boats, service officials ...

March 23 (UPI) --Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for services in support of the MK 48 heavyweight torpedo efforts. The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, ...

April 14, 2020: The Netherlands has ordered upgrade kits to so they can turn sixteen American-made MK-48 Mod 4 torpedoes into the latest Mod 7 versions. Each kit will cost about $5.3 million. This ...

The U.S. Navy's most commonly used torpedo — the Mark 48 — is getting a makeover that will make it stealthier, deadlier and more far-reaching than ever before, according to news sources. The upgrade ...

Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) has won a potential four-year, $383.1 million contract to produce MK 48 Mod 7 heavyweight torpedo components for the U.S. Navy. The Naval Sea ...

Commandos serving with US Special Operations Command will soon be taking delivery of two of FN America’s latest and greatest variants of its longstanding M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. The SAW, a ...