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The Mark 41 vertical launching system (Mk 41 VLS) is a shipborne missile canister launching system which provides a rapid-fire launch capability against hostile threats. [1] The vertical launching system (VLS) concept was derived from work on the Aegis Combat System .
On November 18, 2010, Lockheed Martin announced that it would be closing its Eagan, Minnesota, location by 2013 to reduce costs and optimize capacity at its locations nationwide. [41] In January 2011, Lockheed Martin agreed to pay the U.S. Government $2 million to settle allegations that the company submitted false claims on a U.S. government ...
The Lockheed Martin Mk 70 Mod 1 is a containerized system containing four strike-length cells from the Mark 41 Vertical Launching System mounted in the footprint of a 40-foot (12 m) ISO container. [4] In addition to the Typhon system, the Mk 70 Mod 1 has been tested aboard ship on USS Savannah (LCS-28). [14]
With all the troubles the U.S. defense industry has endured over the past few years (since, oh, about January 20, 2009), you'd think we might be ready to cut the defense contractors some slack.
Diagram of the Aegis Combat System (Baseline 2-6). The Aegis Combat System (ACS) implements advanced command and control (command and decision, or C&D, in Aegis parlance). It is composed of the Aegis Weapon System (AWS), the fast-reaction component of the Aegis Anti-Aircraft Warfare (AAW) capability, along with the Phalanx Close In Weapon System (CIWS), and the Mark 41 Vertical Launch System
Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) said Monday it would buy Sikorsky Aircraft, the helicopter unit of United Technologies Corp (UTX.N), for $9 billion, and would review the possible sale or spinoff of ...
The Department of Defense issued 25 new contracts on Monday worth a little more than $903 million combined. Lockheed Martin took home two of these awards -- one for supplying arms to the U.S ...
Mark 41 or Mk 41 may refer to Mark 41 vertical launching system , a ship-based missile launcher Mk 41 or B41 nuclear bomb , the highest-yield nuclear bomb designed by the United States military