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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. [2]
A RIM-156A missile launching from a VLS cell on USS Lake Erie in 2008. US Navy Mark 41 Tomahawk hot launch. A vertical launch system can be either hot launch, where the missile ignites in the cell, or cold launch, where the missile is expelled by gas produced by a gas generator which is not part of the missile itself, and then the missile ignites.
The Mark 41 Vertical Launching System is the primary launch system for the Evolved SeaSparrow Missile. The Mk 41 is deployed aboard destroyers and frigates, primarily of the United States and allied nations. The ESSM is quadpacked within a Mk 41 cell allowing a significantly increased missile load over SM-2.
Each of its four full-length missile cells can swing up from their horizontal position for vertical launch, and they are all compatible with any weapons used in the Mark 41 vertical launch systems ...
The contract is for weapon-container canister production in support of FY24-29 MK 41 Vertical Launch System.
These large weapons will be deployed in the vertical launch cells of U.S. Virginia ... its way to the Mark 41 launchers on surface warships, too. ... and multi-layered air defense systems with ...
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
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