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

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 U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems over $70 million to upgrade Mk 45 5-inch naval gun systems and ancillary equipment.

Anyone who might have questioned why the U.S. Navy continues to arm the warships ... It likely wouldn’t be accurate to suggest the Mk 45 five-inch gun was a weapon of last resort when it was ...

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

USS Stockdale destroyed the Houthi drone during a complex attack on American forces in November.

Yet the guns hadn’t totally disappeared from the picture. The U.S. Navy’s newest Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers are armed with the Mk 45 five-inch 54/62 caliber guns ...

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) The U.S. Navy ...

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 ...