Ask any ship captain what he fears the most in combat, and the answer will probably be submarines. Ever since subs became operationally viable, they have proved to be a menace for surface combatants ...

Last week, the Royal Navy successfully launched a U.S.-made Mk 48 Heavyweight Torpedo from a British Excalibur uncrewed underwater vehicle.

A British robotic submarine just fired an American heavyweight torpedo, opening a new chapter in allied underwater warfare ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) will continue supporting the US Navy’s MK 48 MOD 7 Heavyweight Torpedo following a $112.3m contract modification announced by the US Department of War ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Navy submarine warfare experts are asking Lockheed Martin Corp. to build and repair components for the MK 48 heavyweight torpedo under terms of a potential $91.9 million contract ...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Navy submarine warfare experts are asking Lockheed Martin Corp. to manufacture components for submarine-launched Mark 48 torpedoes for the U.S. and Australian navies under terms of a ...

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, ...

The torpedo is set to enhance the defensive and offensive capabilities of the Collins class submarines (pictured). Credit: The Mariner 4291/Shutterstock. The Australian Government has secured a A$200m ...