Manufacturing the Very Lightweight Torpedo

Successful Preparation for Future Missions

Portner believes the Very Lightweight Torpedo will have a key role to play in what he called "the landscape of future naval warfare."

In May 2020, Northrop Grumman successfully manufactured and tested the first industry-built Very Lightweight Torpedo (VLWT) for the U.S. Navy. Applying its engineering and manufacturing expertise, Northrop Grumman improved upon the VLWT baseline design to replace high-cost components and drive overall affordability, reproducibility and reliability. Those altered sections were built and tested using PSU-ARL’s own test equipment for confidence.