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The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has completed three test firings of the Mk 54 lightweight torpedo from an MH-60R Seahawk maritime helicopter, a Department of Defence spokesperson confirmed on 21 July.
The test firings were conducted at the US Navy's (USN's) Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Centre (AUTEC) range near the Andros Islands in the Bahamas against moving targets provided by the USN. IHS Jane's understands the targets to be the Mk 30 Mod 1 programmable underwater vehicle, which simulates the characteristics of a modern submarine.
As part of the torpedo-launching exercise, RAN crew operating the aircraft 'Gauntlet 03' were tested in their ability to utilise all available MH-60R sensors in localising, tracking, and correctly classifying these targets prior to firing the weapons. The spokesperson did not reveal what sensors were put to test during the firing but IHS Jane's reported in May that the RAN had begun sonar-dipping trials of the newly installed AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) system from the MH-60R.
Read the full article at Janes.com
Via Valerie I.
