The USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) successfully executed the first live fire test of the MK 57 Vertical Launching System with a Standard Missile (SM-2) on the Naval Air Weapons Center

The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a $78 million contract modification to produce canisters for Mk 41 and Mk 57 Vertical Launching Systems (VLS) on cruisers and destroyer battleships.

CANBERRA, Australia, May 14, 2012 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] successfully demonstrated the latest variant of its new launching system that maximizes the use of existing

BALTIMORE, Md., August 12th, 2010 -- Lockheed Martin’s [NYSE: LMT] new Extensible Launching System (ExLS) successfully conducted the first vertical launch of Nulka offboard

MINNEAPOLIS - BAE Systems was awarded an $8 million contract – which has the potential to increase up to $64 million – from Raytheon Company for the first two shipsets of

Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) Integrated Defense Systems and BAE Systems have successfully completed a restrained test firing of a Standard Missile-2 BLK IV MK72 rocket

The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Company a $3 billion DD(X) Ship System Integration and Detail Design contract to continue the seamless advancement of mission equipment

The United States Navy has approved United Defense 57mm Mk 110 naval gun as the Close-In Gun System (CIGS) for the DD(X) destroyer baseline design.

The Raytheon corporation has announced that its new Vertical Launch System (VLS), under development for DD(X)-class destroyers, has been officially designated as the Mk 57.