This is the first of eight planned installations of the Mk 45 with the Ammunition Handling System on the U.K. Royal Navy's Type 26 frigates. This is the first installation of the Mk 45 and its ...

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) The U.S. Navy ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems (BAESY) was awarded a contract by the Commonwealth of Australia to upgrade existing Mk 45 Mod 2 naval gun systems on Anzac class frigates with ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems has received a contract to deliver multiple shipsets of the Mk 45 Medium Caliber Gun and automated Ammunition Handling System (AHS) for the ...

The US Navy has contracted BAE Systems to upgrade Mk 45 5-inch naval gun systems, including the overhaul of existing systems, to the Mk 45 Mod 4 configuration. This modification, worth $23.5m, ...

American missiles were used to engage most of the enemy targets, but the destroyer was forced to employ the five-inch gun against one of the drones. As previously reported earlier in the week, the ...

For much of modern naval history, the role of a destroyer has been to protect larger warships from attack by enemy submarines, surface combatants, and aircraft. This objective was accomplished with a ...

The first Mk 45 Mod 4A naval gun system has been installed on Glasgow , the first of eight Type 26 frigates on order for the UK Royal Navy. (BAE Systems ) BAE Systems has begun integrating the first ...