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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 .
Mark 41 or Mk 41 may refer to Mark 41 vertical launching system, a ship-based missile launcher; Mk 41 or B41 nuclear bomb, ...
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
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]
"The Flame" is a power ballad [3] released in 1988 by the American rock band Cheap Trick as the first single from their tenth album, Lap of Luxury. It was written by songwriters Bob Mitchell and Nick Graham , and was produced by Richie Zito .
During this development, Goodyear Aerospace was bought by Loral Corporation in 1986, and this defense division was in turn purchased by Lockheed Martin in 1995. [ 4 ] The first VLS ASROC missile was an RUR-5 ASROC with an upgraded solid-fuel booster section and a digital guidance system.
Kongsberg were studying methods to deploy the JSM from Norway's submarines, [17] and found shaping the missile to fit into the F-35's confined bomb-bay also enabled it to fit in the Mark 41 Vertical Launching System. A VL-JSM could also compete with the Lockheed LRASM for the U.S. Navy's OASuW Increment 2 for a ship-launched anti-ship missile. [18]
A day before the offer's expiration, both Lockheed Martin and Austal USA received Navy contracts for an additional ten ships of their designs; two ships of each design being built each year between 2011 and 2015. Lockheed Martin's LCS-5 had a contractual price of $437 million, Austal USA's contractual price for LCS-6 was $432 million.