U.S Navy To Build Small Drone-Fired Anti-Submarine Weapons For Aircraft Carriers
A tiny weapon that can be fired towards enemy submarines from drones launched from aircraft carriers or other ships is being developed by the U.S Naval Air Systems Command.
Called the Silent Anvil Air-Launched Torpedo or SAA-LT, it will be small in size compared to similar weapons, measuring just 70 inches and weighing about 268 pounds.
The Navy wants the weapon to easily integrate into the bomb rack of fighter planes and bombers. The BRU-61/A rack is used for carrying glide bombs known as GBU-39Bs.
Till now, the naval forces depended on Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon aircraft equipped with missile nd torpedoes for finding submarines.
However, after the…