Adaptable Deck Launcher

Capable of launching multiple missile types from multiple platforms

for multiple mission scenarios.s
The Adaptable Deck Launcher, or ADL, meets
the need for a fixed angle, deck-mounted
launching system for near-term application
onboard U.S. Navy and allied ships.
The ADL is available in two lengths, enclosure to minimize radar signature
tactical length and strike length and is and maintenance, and to provide
fully compatible with missile canisters protection for the encanistered missiles.
developed for the Mk 41 Vertical Reloadable, ADL will support numerous The ADL answers the call for Distributed
Launching System (VLS). Launch control launches during its service life. Lethality and Distributed Maritime
can be provided by the Mk41 VLS electronics Operations for platforms big and small.
suite or other launch control systems. In Proof of Concept demonstrations, Direct applications include LCS, FFG(X),
ADL successfully launched an ESSM and big deck amphibious ships and carriers.
With a straightforward approach to from an ADL-enclosed Mk 25 Quad Pack
deploying air defense, surface strike, and Canister. Its success verified that ADL ADL provides near-term “VLS-like”
anti-submarine capability to non-Mk 41 meets requirements for missile egress reliability with low cost operation,
VLS ships, ADL benefits from a modular and gas management, and provides leveraging the existing Mk 41 VLS
design, allowing any number of launch adequate launcher structural support. logistics system. The design meets
cells to be configured as deck-mounted The demonstration also proved the shipboard marinization and survivability
launchers for varying ship applications. Mk 41 VLS Launch Control System requirements, and can provide user-
It can be deployed with a protective variant’s applicability for ADL operation. defined ballistic protection.
Specifications
Tactical Length Launcher
Length 284 inches
Width 152 inches
Height 121 inches
Weight 18,100 pounds
Strike Length Launcher
Length 318 inches
Width 152 inches
Height 133 inches
Weight 20,250 pounds
Power Required by Single Module Variant
115 Vac 60 Hz 1 phase (Lightning) 2 kW
115 Vac 60 Hz 1 phase (Backup power for 440 Vac) 4 kW
115 Vac 60 Hz 1 phase (Launch control unit) 5 kW
440 Vac 400 Hz 3 phase 40 kW
Ship Services Required
Cooling 10,000 Btu/hour
Heating 10,000 Btu/hour
Recirculation 560 ft3/min
Launch Control System Weight
VLS Mk 41 based electronics 4,300 pounds

Missiles Compatible with ADL

Number of Weight (pounds) Weight (pounds)

MK41 VLS Missiles
Missiles per Tactical Length Strike Length
Missile Canister Canister Empty Loaded Empty Loaded
SM-2 BLK II/III/IIIA/IIIB MK 13 1 1500 3070 2120 3690
TOMAHAWK BLK III/IV¹ MK 14 1 - - 2150 6140
VLA MK45/MK54 TORPEDO MK15 1 1760 3260 2380 3880
SM-2 BLK IV¹ MK21 MOD 0 1 - - 2950 6180
SM-3 BLK 1¹ MK21 MOD 2 1 - - 2980 6340
SM-6¹ MK21 MOD 3 1 - - 2980 6300
ESSM MK25 4 3160 5820 3780 6440
SM-3 Blk IIA¹ MK29 1 - - 1700 6350
HARPOON² N/A 1 1800 3320 2420 3940
LRASM¹,² N/A 1 - - 2880 6230
NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE² N/A 1 1700 2600 2320 3220
¹ Does not fit in tactical length launcher ² Not currently integrated into MK41 VLS

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