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Navy/USMC

Navy’s 5th Fleet Receives Torpedo Upgrade

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

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The Navy’s 5th Fleet has received software upgrades to the Mk 54 lightweight torpedoes under an urgent need to address a potential capability gap. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) spent 18 months producing the new software and completed installing it on the fleet of Mk54s this month under a request submitted by the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, the command said. Mk54s are deployed on surface combatants and helicopters for anti-submarine warfare. NAVEA would not specify the capability gap the upgrade to…

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