Ultra Maritime Awarded Subcontract for MK 48 MOD 7 Guidance and Control Heavyweight Torpedo Program

BRAINTREE, Massachusetts — Ultra Maritime received a contract to provide the Acoustic Nose Array (ANA) for the MK 48 MOD 7 Guidance and Control section of the heavyweight torpedo in December 2024 from Lockheed Martin in support of their $245 million award for production, spares, production support material, engineering support and hardware repair of components for the MK 48 Guidance and Control Mod 7 program.

Under the terms of the contract, Ultra Maritime is manufacturing fully assembled Nose Array’s based out of its Braintree, Massachusetts, facility. These Nose Arrays incorporate a sonar array that is used to acquire targets and generate the target position data required for engagement.

“Through our ongoing partnership with Lockheed Martin, we are committed to supporting the U.S. Navy and allied nations in their mission to maintain maritime superiority,” said Robert Van Dyke, Vice President and General Manager of Ultra Maritime Seaborne Sensors and Systems.

Ultra Maritime also currently manufactures similar sections for the MK 54 MOD 0 Lightweight and MK 58 Compact Rapid Attack Weapon (CRAW) torpedoes. With decades of experience fabricating, assembling and delivering array assemblies, Ultra Maritime has positioned itself as a trusted transducer manufacturing partner in delivering this critical anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability to the fleet.