The Tomahawk, SM-6, and SM-3 are merely a few of the U.S. Navy’s operational ship-launched weapons that are now arming cruisers and destroyers built with a Vertical Launch System (VLS), ...

Nowadays it’s almost universal practice to just fire missiles vertically up from their holders – Vertical Launch System (VLS) ...

Major Missile Sale Approved The Trump administration has approved a significant arms deal with Japan, allowing the country to ...

January 10, 2025: Back in the 1990s the U.S. and Chinese navies both experimented with using TRAM, or Transportable Re-Arming Mechanism for reloading the Vertical Launch System or VLS cells that are ...

The destroyer's armament has greatly expanded the role of the ship in strike warfare utilizing the MK-41 Vertical Launch System (VLS). Technological advances have improved the capability of modern ...

Ed Dobeck, director for launching systems at Lockheed Martin, told Seapower that the Mk70 was developed two years ago in ...

However, these advancements come with a significant price tag: the DDG (X) is estimated to cost US$4.4 billion per ship, far ...

VLS Environmental Solutions (VLS) announce the launch of its newly redesigned website ( a major milestone reflecting ...