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SAIC Wins $102.5 Million Contract For More MK 48 Mod 7 Heavyweight Torpedo Support

SAIC Wins $102.5 Million Contract For More MK 48 Mod 7 Heavyweight Torpedo Support
Sailors assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable's (AS 40) weapons department, stabilize a Mark 48 heavyweight torpedo during a weapons on-load in February 2017 (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alana Langdon/Released)

Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] won a $102.5 million contract from the Navy to continue supporting production on the MK 48 Mod 7 heavyweight Torpedo program, the company said on Monday. This is a modification of a late 2021 $124 million contract for production of the torpedo afterbody/tailcones and warshot fuel tank torpedo equipment and support. That original contract announcement said it included options that, if all exercised, would raise the total value to $1.1 billion (Defense Daily, Nov. 28,…

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