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PORT HUENEME, Calif.—Representatives from the U.S. Navy and seven allied foreign navies gathered for the 20th annual Vertical Launching System Users’ Group (VLSUG) hosted by Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD), March 21-24.
The VLSUG participated in MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) briefings, one-on-one meetings for national program reviews and a tour of NSWC PHD’s Surface Warfare Engineering Facility (SWEF) with various displays and demonstrations.
In an opening statement to the group, Capt. Michael Ladner, Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) major program manager for Surface Ship Weapons, stated, “These unique opportunities bring together the VLS community across the U.S. and allied countries…to understand what’s going on in the VLS community as a whole, what issues and challenges you’re seeing and what opportunities you see for us to communicate those across the portfolio and to find ways to help each other out.”
Subject matter experts from NSWC PHD were on site to discuss engineering and logistics concerns related to VLS usage. Training, capabilities, maintenance support and modernization of VLS were key topics at the event, as well as a review of the previous year’s action items.
“Being able to get with the people here at Port Hueneme and see the type of capability that you have at the SWEF, was enlightening for them and I think it will continually improve our relationship with our partners,” said Capt. Trevor King, PEO IWS major program manager for International Programs and Foreign Military Sales.
“They get an opportunity to sit down one-on-one with the subject matter experts, particular to a system or a system problem and then take that information back to their country and then train their people,” continued King. “We’ve seen a rapid return on investment in that regard and also in the exchange of information, the understanding of capabilities and the improvements in those capabilities, which will lead to a more productive and effective allied force.”
The VLS is a fixed, vertical, multi-missile storage and firing system that allows for a rapid rate of fire. Since the missile is launched vertically and then turns toward its target, there is no need for the launcher to be aimed at the target or for the ship to maneuver prior to launch. The VLS is capable of launching a variety of missiles in the U.S. Navy arsenal, including Tomahawk, Standard Missiles, Vertical Launch Anti-Submarine Rockets and Evolved Seasparrow Missiles.
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| Date Taken: | 04.05.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 04.05.2017 14:54 |
| Story ID: | 229290 |
| Location: | PORT HUENEME, CALIFORNIA, US |
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