BAE Systems secures contract to upgrade Sting Ray torpedoes for Royal Navy
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded BAE Systems a £60 million contract to upgrade the Royal Navy’s autonomous Sting Ray lightweight torpedo.
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded BAE Systems a £60 million contract to upgrade the Royal Navy’s autonomous Sting Ray lightweight torpedo.
During SAS 2024, NAVSEA provided a brief update on the Navy’s undersea warfare systems such as the MK 48 torpedo.
EuroTorp is the design authority of the best-performing sea-proven light-weight torpedo (LWT) on the market: the MU90.

The US has approved the potential sale of up to 80 MK 54 Lightweight Torpedoes to Germany for its future P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft.
According to South Korea’s DAPA, the Tiger Shark torpedo produced by LIG Nex1 for the ROK Navy will become fully operational by the end of this year.
Saab has made the first deliveries of the new lightweight torpedo (Saab Lightweight Torpedo) to Sweden’s defence procurement agency FMV.
South Korea’s LIG Nex1 announced that it signed a contract with DAPA worth $117 million for the Lightweight Torpedo-II Development Project.
Mass production of LIG Nex1’s Tiger Shark wire-guided heavyweight torpedo has begun following the successful completion of quality trials.
The Turkish Ministry of Defence announced today that the Turkish Navy conducted a test of the Roketsan-made AKYA heavy weight torpedo from TCG Preveze (S-353) in the Sea of Marmara.
The U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) conducted anti-submarine warfare (ASW) torpedo training in Tokyo Bay, March 8-10.