The objective is to upgrade the systems from Mk 45 Mod 2 to Mk 45 Mod 4 Guns.” The upgrade will increase the muzzle energy of the gun by “strengthening structural components, modifying other control ...

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

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The first DDG(X) rendering, presented at SNA 2022, features a 5-inch Mark 45 Mod 4 main gun forward of the bow mounted ... now installed in what appears to be four 8×2 cell modules stacked front to ...

Mk 45 Mod 4 naval gun, one 30 mm Goalkeeper CIWS, one RAM Block 1 CIWS, and eight SSM-700K Haeseong anti-ship missiles. They also feature a 32-cell Mk 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) for SM-2 Block ...

The budget allocated for the development of these units in 2024 was approximately $2.59 billion. The requirement for Japan ... As for armament, the new Japanese destroyers will be equipped with a ...

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

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 ...

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