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Warfare Center Develops New Tool to Help Sailors Keep Vertical Launching System Latch Rods Moving
May 15, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news:

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Warfare Center Develops New Tool to Help Sailors Keep Vertical Launching System Latch Rods Moving

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Launcher support personnel at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) in California have developed and tested a new tool to aid Navy sailors in maintaining MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) cell hatches without damaging them in the proc . . .

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