What does VLS stand for?

Vertical Launch System

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Military and Government

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Samples in periodicals archive:

13 to produce the first batch of Hongsangeo (Red Shark) torpedoes and ship-based vertical launch systems with the investment of $145 million, agency officials said Aug.

Korea: S. Korea to Deploy New Anti-Sub Torpedoes By 2012

The FCS Active Protection System "is the only available vertical launch system that I'm aware of," Lewis said.

FCS Active Protection System in "top 50" inventions

The station line handlers had been positioned with the danger of a parting line in mind--well back from the fuel station, near the aft vertical launch system (VLS).

Unrep hazard: prompts change in ship's ORM planning

DD-X will employ an Advanced Vertical Launch System, which is a different concept than the MK41 Vertical Launch System currently used in the fleet.

Advanced gun system for DD-X to expand commander's options

Cordova manufactures critical components of Advanced Gun System and the Mk 57 Vertical Launch System for the U.

BAE Systems Receives $91.4 Million Contract Modification For M113 ...

The purpose of this effort is to initiate the non-recurring engineering work required to make the selected Mission System Equipment (Dual Band Radar SPY-3 Array and REX; MK57 Vertical Launch System Electronics Module Controller Unit; Canister Electronic Units, and Total Ship Computing Environment) compatible with the Navy s Self Defense Test Ship.

United Kingdom: Raytheon Co, wins contract of $8976435

DRS produces a number of systems for the Navy's DDG-51 Aegis class destroyers, including advanced, integrated Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS)-based display workstations, power conversion, distribution and control equipment, networks and vertical launch systems, in addition to the AN/SPS-67 Radar Systems.

DRS Technologies Awarded Contracts to Produce Radar Systems for U.S. ...

United States: Raytheon Co., wins contract of $8,976,435