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Northrop Grumman Testing MQ-8C Expeditionary Controls for Marine, Navy Missions May 25, 2021 7:10 PM Maintainers from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VX-1) analyze diagnostics from the MQ-8C Fire Scout on the flight deck of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) on June 21, 2018. US Navy photo Northrop Grumman is testing a portable expeditionary control station that could help sailors and Marines operate the Navy’s unmanned helicopter from both at sea and ashore. The contractor is currently testing its Mission Control Station Expeditionary (MCS-X) on the Navy...

BAE System to Re-Design Mechanical Portion Mk 41 Vertical Launch System Our Bureau 573 Mk 41 Vertical Launch System BAE Systems has won a U.S. Navy competition to serve as the design agent for the mechanical portion of the Mk 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS). The contract calls for BAE Systems to provide design, development, test, product improvement, and sustaining support for current and legacy VLS systems. BAE Systems will also continue to design and support canisters used to store, transport, and launch the missiles from the VLS. “This award demonstrates that BAE Systems is an industry...

The canisters play a critical role for storing, transporting and firing offensive and defensive missiles. May 12th, 2021 BAE Systems BAE Systems has been awarded a $76 million contract modification to produce additional Vertical Launch System (VLS) canisters for the U.S. Navy. Work on the contract modification will be performed at the BAE Systems production facility in Aberdeen, South Dakota, through 2023, with engineering and program support in Minneapolis. The new modification will allow BAE Systems to add 25 jobs to its Aberdeen facility. The canisters play a critical role for storing, tr...

In 2005, USS Ronald Reagan, a newly constructed $6.2 billion dollar aircraft carrier, sank after being hit by multiple torpedoes. This first appeared earlier and is being reposted due to reader interest. Fortunately, this did not occur in actual combat, but was simulated as part of a war game pitting a carrier task force including numerous antisubmarine escorts against HSMS Gotland, a small Swedish diesel-powered submarine displacing 1,600 tons. Yet despite making multiple attacks runs on the Reagan, the Gotland was never detected. This outcome was replicated time and time again over two ...

BAE Systems to Manufacture Vertical Launch Canisters for U.S. Navy Foreign Customers Our Bureau 437 BAE Systems has won a $76 million contract modification to produce additional Vertical Launch System (VLS) canisters for the U.S. Navy and its allies. The canisters play a critical role for storing, transporting, and firing a range of offensive and defensive missiles from the deck of the Navy’s guided-missile cruisers and destroyers. Under the contract now totaling $306 million, BAE Systems will produce canisters for the Mk 13, Mk 14, Mk 25, Mk 29 and other hardware for the Navy. The contra...