VLS missile canisters provide a sealed storage, transportation, and launch container for a wide range of system-compatible weapons. The VLS Mk 41 canister envelope is common to system launcher module standards, while internal mechanical and electrical components are tailored to specific weapon shape and interface requirements.

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 .

Vertical Launching System (VLS) Mk 41 missile canisters provide a sealed storage, transportation, and launch container for the wide range of system-compatible weapons. The VLS Mk 41 canister envelope is common to system launcher …

MK21 canisters are for SM-3 anti-ballistic missiles. MK22 canisters are for Sea Sparrow. MK25 is the special, quad-pack canister for ESSM. There are successive variants of the canisters. Today, the Tomahawk All-Up-Rounds come in MK14 Mod 2 canisters.

2020年6月11日 · BAE Systems has received a $52.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide additional canisters for the Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS). The VLS canisters are used to ship, store, and launch various types of missiles from Navy ships.

There are five different types of canisters currently in use on VLS ships:-Mk 13 Mod 0, Mk 14 Mods 0 and 1, Mk 15 Mod 0, Mk 21 Mod 0, and the Mk 19 Mod 0 nontactical training canister. A 16 pin coding plug in each canister is used by the VLS to identify the type, payload, and Down-Link Frequency code of the missile.

BAE Systems Land & Armaments is pushing ahead on manufacturing canisters that house the wide variety of missiles launched from the Mk 41 vertical launch system (VLS), the below-deck launcher on board all Arleigh Burke–class destroyers and Ticonderoga-class cruisers. The Mk 41 is installed on about 180 ships of 26 ship classes in 13 navies.

2020年9月4日 · Mod 2（八联装单元）：这个比较经典，用于阿里伯克级驱逐舰Flight 1/2（DDG-51~78）与日本金刚级上的就是这一款，一组四个八联装单元（称为MK-159 Mod 0 ）与一组八个八联装单元（称为Mk 158 Mod0）构成。 阿里伯克级. 日本金刚级驱逐舰. Mod 3（五联装单元）：这一构型的特点就是结合一个再装填（起吊机）装置与五个发射管。 提康德罗加级导弹巡洋舰、柏克Flight 1/2前后垂直发射器组各有一个是Mod 3单元，改良型史普鲁恩斯级则有一个 Mod …

2011年7月7日 · The Navy's RIM-7M Sea Sparrow, found aboard many US and NATO surface warships including aircraft carriers, amphibious assault ships, other surface combatants. It is fired from the MK 21 launch...

Lockheed Martin and BAE have teamed together to develop an improved, scalable, modular, flexible missile launcher to provide an improved capability for navies around the world. The launcher, which exists today, uses the structure, software and electronics associated with the combat-proven MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS).