BAE Systems wins GBP 60 million contract to upgrade Royal Navy’s Sting Ray torpedo
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded BAE Systems a GBP 60 million contract to upgrade the Royal Navy’s autonomous Sting Ray lightweight torpedo.
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded BAE Systems a GBP 60 million contract to upgrade the Royal Navy’s autonomous Sting Ray lightweight torpedo.
The Royal Navy’s submarines will continue to be armed with one of the world’s most advanced torpedoes after successful trials of the next-generation Spearfish weapons system.
Marshall has been awarded a contract to produce composite torpedo launcher tubes for SEA, part of Cohort PLC, in support of two major international naval vessel programmes.
The Finnish Navy conducted acceptance firings with the Saab Dynamics TP47 torpedo in the Archipelago Sea on 31 October.
The new lightweight torpedo was ordered by Sweden in 2016, followed by Finland in 2018.