Navy reveals fresh details on TRAM demo as lawmakers advance calls for concrete fielding plan

By Nick Wilson / December 16, 2024 at 1:39 PM
As lawmakers advanced joint authorization legislation calling on the Navy to produce a concrete strategy for delivering an at-sea re-arming capability, service officials last week revealed new details about a successful demonstration of their developing Transferrable Reload At-sea Method (TRAM) conducted in October. During this first-of-its-kind, open-ocean demonstration , Military Sealift Command vessel Washington Chambers (T-AKE-11) was able to connect with Ticonderoga-class cruiser Chosin (CG-65) to aid in the reloading of the latter vessel’s MK 41 vertical launch system “many...

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