Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT recently announced that its unit, Rotary and Mission Systems, clinched a contract worth $73.1 million to aid MK 41 Vertical Launching System (“VLS”) modules and ancillary ...

The Department of Defense said Wednesday the firm-fixed-price contract also covers the procurement of MK 29 Mod 0 and Mod 1 canisters, along with the requirements for MK 41 VLS canister production.

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BAE Systems has been awarded a $76 million contract modification to produce additional Vertical Launch System (VLS) canisters for the U.S. Navy. The canisters play a ...

But China's ships now have half as many vertical-launch-system cells as the US, research found. VLS capacity is important for naval combat, but it's not everything. China is closing the missile-tube ...