Aegis Combat System
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The Aegis Combat System is an American integrated naval weapons system, which uses computers and radars to track and guide weapons to destroy enemy targets. It was developed by the Missile and Surface Radar Division of RCA, and it is now produced by Lockheed Martin.
USS Lake Champlain (CG-57), a Ticonderoga-class Aegis-equipped guided missile cruiser, launched in 1987. Beginning with USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), this version is equipped with the Mark 41 VLS, whereas earlier versions were equipped with the Mark-26 twin-arm missile launcher system.
USS Norton Sound in 1980. The installation containing the fixed radar arrays of the AN/SPY-1A system can be seen mounted at the top of the forward superstructure
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JS Haguro（DDG-180）launching SM-3 Block IB missile (November 19, 2022)
The Mark 41 Vertical Launching System is a shipborne missile canister launching system which provides a rapid-fire launch capability against hostile threats. The Vertical Launch System (VLS) concept was derived from work on the Aegis Combat System.
A single 8-cell Mk 41 VLS module fitted to New Zealand frigate HMNZS Te Kaha
Mark 41 Mod 0 Vertical Launching System on USS Chosin
A Tomahawk missile being launched from the Mark 41 Vertical Launching System aboard the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Farragut
The VLS cells onboard USS San Jacinto.