U.S. Navy orders additional torpedo decoy systems: A subsidiary of Boeing is to supply the U.S. Navy with additional AN/SLQ-25C surface ship torpedo defense systems.
The AN/SLQ-25C is a towed decoy and shipboard signal generator that lures torpedoes away from a ship by mimicking the vessel's acoustic signatures -- its propeller and engine noise.
Argon ST will deliver five of the systems known as the Nixie, which are installed on all U.S. Navy combatant ships, under a $6.5 million award.
