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Navy Demonstrates TRAM VLS Re-Arming At Sea

Navy Demonstrates TRAM VLS Re-Arming At Sea
Sailors from the Naval Expeditionary Logistics Support Group and USS Chosin (CG 65) guide a missile canister using the U.S. Navy’s Transferrable Rearming Mechanism (TRAM) as they demonstrate the ability to reload a Vertical Launching System cell on July 11 at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division’s Underway Replenishment Test Facility. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy recently reported it successfully completed the first land-based demonstration of a way to reload MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems at sea. This test occurred at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD), Calif., and will be used to inform the next steps of at-sea demonstration and follow-up engineering updates. According to a photo caption, the test occurred on July 11. The Navy announced the test on Aug. 1 and said it included real-time analytics and direct…

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