The company will extend the barrel of the Mk 45, strengthen the gun mounts and incorporate a fully digital control system.

Sailors with USS Stockdale (DDG-106) used the destroyer’s five-inch gun to shoot down a Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicle, the ...

The gun was first deployed in 1971 as the Mk 45 Mod 0, and has been updated in the more than five decades since.

The US Navy has contracted BAE Systems to upgrade Mk 45 5-inch naval gun systems, including the overhaul of existing systems, ...

Advanced firepower will continue to play a critical role at sea as Sailors face advanced threats ...

The destroyer Rafael Peralta fires its Mark 45 5-inch light-weight gun during a live-fire exercise while operating in the Philippine Sea in January 2023. (MC1 Greg Johnson/U.S. Navy) ...

Summary: HMS Iron Duke, commissioned in March 1914, epitomized the “super-dreadnought” class of battleships with its ten 13.5-inch guns and twenty ... To date, five Royal Navy warships have ...

On 30th September, BAE Systems received a $23.5 million modification to a $47 million contract awarded at the end of July, bringing the total value to over $70 million. Under the contract, BAE Systems ...

Equipped by the Argentine Navy to carry one Alouette III helicopter and armed with Seacat SAM missiles she also carried 5 x 3 x 152mm (6 in) gun turrets, 8 x 125 mm (5 inch) guns, 20 x 40mm anti ...

The “ Homeless Battleship ” may be close to finding a permanent long-term berth. This week, it was reported that officials in Galveston, Texas, are floating a plan to see the former USS Texas ...

The US Navy has awarded BAE Systems over $70 million to upgrade Mk 45 five inch naval gun systems and ancillary equipment.