Behind the mast is the SeaRAM launcher. (U.S. Navy photo) Embarked for the MCM mission is a MH-60S Seahawk mine warfare helicopter equipped with the AN/AES-1 Airborne Laser Mine Detection System ...

The in-service ships notably have not yet been equipped with the actual missile cells yet, with integration planned at a later date. Similar to Mogami the new frigate will feature a 5 inch-gun at the ...

SeaRAM, a launcher variant with independent sensors based on the Vulcan Phalanx CIWS, is installed on Littoral Combat Ships and some Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. RIM-116 Missile was developed ...

The SeaRAM system builds upon the infrastructure and radar of the CIWS, which has a Phalanx gun system that fires a twenty-millimeter cannon at close-in threats such as small boats. The SeaRAM is ...

The SeaRAM is part of a layered ship-defense system designed to identify and destroy longer-range approaching enemy threats, such as anti-ship missiles, drones, small boats and helicopters.

The unusual Sunday exercise saw the participation of F-16s armed with live air-to-air weapons. The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy performed a joint exercise in the Black Sea on Aug. 2, 2020 focusing ...

SeaRAM close-in weapon system. LWSD is a technology demonstrator, but it's already catching up to missile-based systems currently in service with the U.S. Navy.

A Rolling Airframe Missile departs its launcher on the dock landing ship Gunston Hall. Raytheon says the outlook for sales of the system in the Middle East is good. (Lt. Christopher Yee/U.S. Navy ...

The SeaRAM launcher is forward of the bridge rather than on the aft super structure atop the helicopter hangar. The helicopter hangar is large enough to accommodate an MH-60 helicopter and an MQ-8C ...

Littoral combat ship USS Jackson has successfully fired a SeaRAM missile against an aerial drone, destroying the target. The drone was simulating an anti-ship missile as part of a Combat System Ship ...

Next to a OQQ-22 bow-mounted sonar to track enemy submarines, the carrier boasts two Raytheon RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile SeaRAM launchers and two Phalanx close-in weapon systems to defend ...

The innovative SeaRAM system combines key attributes of the Phalanx® close-in weapon system and the RAM„¢ guided weapon system. Discover how this system provides the highest level of ship self ...