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Vertical Launch Autonomous Attack System (VLAAS)
Lockheed Martin
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Vertical Launch Autonomous Attack
System (VLAAS) developed by LM for the US Navy can provide naval
ships with surf zone bombardment during operations in littoral
regions. Navies currently possess limited stand-off capabilities
to defend against fast patrol boats and to deliver time-critical,
precision-strike ashore. VLAAS would perform both missions. The
new weapon would give ship commanders an urgent-attack capability
and establish an umbrella of loitering munitions to protect ships
when threatened by fast-attack patrol boats. The vertical launch
payload delivery system will launch the missile in any direction,
without the ship maneuvering to provide 360-degree engagement
radius. The system will use the vertical launch ASROC rocket motor
and guidance system to boost LOCAAS
into a ballistic flight, extending the range of the onboard
munitions for surface attack and ship protection. With its
guidance system and maneuverability, LOCAAS munitions would select
high-value targets to attack. LOCAAS can fly a distance of 100nm,
or loiter over a 25-nm flight pattern at a speed of 215 knots.
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