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Home» News»South Korea requests Mk 54 torpedoes for its future P-8A MPAs
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A US Navy P-8A Poseidon assigned to the Bureau of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20 replicates the characteristics of an MK-54 torpedo (Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Greg L. Davis)

South Korea requests Mk 54 torpedoes for its future P-8A MPAs

The US State Department on August 27 green lighted a possible Foreign Military Sale to South Korea for Mk 54 lightweight torpedoes for an estimated cost of US$ 72 million.

Nathan Gain 02 Sep 2019

According to a Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) statement, South Korea requested to buy 31 Mk 54 All Up Round lightweight torpedoes, as well as torpedo containers, Recoverable Exercise Torpedoes (REXTORP) with containers, Fleet Exercise Section (FES) and fuel tanks, and air launch accessories for fixed wing aircraft. The contract proposal also includes spart parts, training and support. 

« This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by meeting the legitimate security and defense needs of one of the closest allies in the INDOPACOM Theater, » the DSCA said. 

South Korea plans to deploy the Mk 54 lightweight torpedoes on its fleet of P-8A Maritime Patrol Aircraft. The country’s P-8A procurement project was cleared by the US Department of State in Sept. 2018. The package for six aircraft and a range of mission systems, support and training is valued at $2.1 billion, then said the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency. South Korea currently operates a fleet of 16 P-3C MPAs. 

Raytheon’s Mk 54 lightweight torpedo is in full rate production since 2004. Besides South Korea, current and future users include US Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Australian Navy and the Mexican Navy. The first successful launch of a Mk 54 torpedo from a P-8A Poseidon was successfully completed by the US Naval Air System Command on October 2011. 

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Posted by : Nathan Gain
Nathan is based in Namur, Belgium. He holds an MA in modern history with a minor in international relations from the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL – Belgium). Fascinated by military history he naturally turned to the defense sector after graduating and is particularly interested in Northern European and Belgian defense issues as well as in anything related to naval aviation.

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