中外舰闻 洛克希德・马丁公司已经研发出一套建造 MK‑41 垂直发射系统的全新方案，该方案能够让舰艇固定空间内的导弹搭载数量提升 25%。

据此，阿利・伯克级（DDG‑51 型）驱逐舰当下配备的 64 单元导弹发射井，日后可更换为具备 80 个发射单元的发射系统。

倘若该技术应用于战列舰，原先规划的 128 个导弹发射单元或将扩容至 160 个；倘若不装备备常规打击导弹（CPS 导弹），垂直发射单元数量最高可达 200 个。

摘自：《The Navy’s New Battleship Program: Costs and Implications for the Shipbuilding Industrial Base》CBO报告的注释5。

原文：Lockheed Martin has developed a new method for building the Mark 41 system that could increase the number of missiles in a set physical space on a ship by 25 percent. Thus, a missile field on a DDG-51 destroyer that contains 64 missile cells today could in the future be replaced with a system that contains 80 missile cells. If that method was used on the battleship, the 128 planned missile cells could potentially become 160 cells or, in the absence of CPS missiles, as many as 200 VLS cells.