The American destroyer, USS Stockdale, was sailing from the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden in November when the attack unfolded, ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

The Argentine Navy's ARA General Belgrano was a US built Brooklyn class cruiser ... 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 ...

The US Navy’s new robot submarine is primarily a minelayer, the official leading the program has revealed. The 84-foot Orca is designed to lay so-called “clandestine-delivered mines,” Captain Matt ...