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Lockheed fires HELLFIRE from GRIZZLY containerized launcher
Lockheed Martin on March 24 said it had completed the first integrated live-fire and vertical-launch test of a HELLFIRE missile from its new GRIZZLY containerized launcher. The company said the test demonstrated the system’s ability to load and launch adefence-blog.com
Seeing as how...
Hunt For Container Launchers Packed With Drones Kicked-Off By Pentagon
The U.S. military wants proposals for containerized systems that can launch and recover a mixture of drone swarms on land and sea.
www.twz.com
What are the options out there? Feel free to add on any others you find.
Lockheed fires HELLFIRE from GRIZZLY containerized launcher
Lockheed Martin on March 24 said it had completed the first integrated live-fire and vertical-launch test of a HELLFIRE missile from its new GRIZZLY containerized launcher. The company said the test demonstrated the system’s ability to load and launch a
defence-blog.com
US Navy and Army's MK 70 Payload Delivery Systems Stretch Their Wings - Naval News
Last week we witnessed activity showing the US Navy and Army were both deploying their variants of Lockheed Martin MK 70 PDS around the globe
www.navalnews.com
MSPO 2025: Saab Presents Container-Based Launcher for GLSDB
At the international MSPO exhibition in Poland, the Swedish company displayed an updated version of the Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) and a launcher disguised as a cargo container.
militarnyi.com
US containerized missiles: steathy firepower, high strategic cost - Asia Times
The US military’s turn to containerized missile launchers reflects a push for stealthy, mobile firepower that complicates targeting and enables rapid
asiatimes.com
Halcon and Rheinmetall Air Defence team up for the Skynex - EDR Magazine
By Paolo Valpolini Halcon, the company part of the EDGE group, specialised in guided weapons, unveiled at IDEX its SkyKnight
www.edrmagazine.eu
Rheinmetall unveils launcher for UVision's loitering munitions
www.globes.co.il
Another way of stowing kills - JAGM/Hellfire/Brimstone Vertical Launch from the back of a Boxer - 72 stowed kills
But, at 250,000 USD each = 18 MUSD in ammunition in that one pickup truck
And 3600 kg.
I guess that kind of highlights the drive for cheaper missiles and drones.
And missiles and drones aren't the only options
Containerized Weapon System | Invariant
Invariant's Containerized Weapon System (CWS) is a stand-alone force protection capability that can be easily deployed and set up to help the Warfighter. Containerized Weapon System (CWS), used in conjunction with other products like Firefly, can detect the direction of enemy fire and then...
www.invariant-corp.com
PDS application on the back of an LCS. Therefore applicable to an ship with a helideck or other flat spot.
I am not sure why they would completely block the helipad when they might just as easily have positioned 2 or 4 of those containers outboard and left the pad free for flight operations.
Comme celui ci.
And we might have some catching up to do
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