Why is rearming VLS (vertical launch system) missiles at sea crucial for the US ships? And how will the US Navy going to do it? This video explores this question, crucial for a potential future ...

The Navy is upgrading the missile-firing vertical launch tubes aboard its cruisers and destroyers in order to add new fire power and extend their service life, service officials said.

BAE Systems has announced that it has been awarded a contract modification by the US Navy to produce canisters for Mk 41 and Mk 57 Vertical Launching Systems (VLS) on cruisers and destroyer ...

The total lifetime maximum value of the VLS contract stands at $995 million. Brent Butcher, VP and general manager of Weapons Systems product line at BAE Systems, said: ‘These canisters are a key ...

In a high-threat environment, the Navy’s AEGIS vessels have a problem. They cannot be re-armed. AEGIS cruisers have 122 vertical launch system (VLS) cells, while the destroyers have 96. Each ...

The TRAM system was developed by a team at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) in California to allow the at-sea unloading and rearming of VLS missile canisters.

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, is awarded a $194,743,487 firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) modules and ...

March 26, 2024: Back in the early 1980s American warships began using VLS (Vertical Launch System) cells to carry the many different missiles ships used for attacking other ships, defeating air ...

BAE Systems has won a potential six-year, $737.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to produce and deliver Mk 41 Vertical Launching System canisters for the U.S. government and foreign military ...

The US Navy (USN) announced a contract worth USD74 million to HII's Mission Technologies division on 9 April during the Navy League Sea-Air-Space 2024 global maritime exposition in National Harbor ...

The Royal Navy currently uses the Sylver VLS platform on its Type 45 Daring class destroyers, along with a bespoke cold-launch VLS as part of the Sea Ceptor system fitted to Type 23 frigates.