Rotor Torque

Navy drops first torpedoes, fires Hellfires from the Romeo

Crews from Navy’s NUSQN 725 have successfully launched the Mk 54 Lightweight Torpedo and fired the Hellfire anti-surface missile from the unit’s new MH-60R Seahawk during a two-week deployment to the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) on Andros Island, Bahamas.

A total of three Mk 54s anti-submarine torpedos were launched at targets provided by the US Navy staff at the AUTEC range with the Romeo’s aircrew utilising all of the helicopter’s available sensors to localise, track, and correctly classify the targets prior to being given approval for the weapon release.