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

American missiles were used to engage most of the enemy targets, but the destroyer was forced to employ the five-inch gun ...

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

The gun was first deployed in 1971 as the Mk 45 Mod 0, and has been updated in the more than five decades since. With the final retirement of the United States Navy’s Iowa-class battleships in ...

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

It likely wouldn’t be accurate to suggest the Mk 45 five-inch gun was a weapon of last resort when it was used to shoot down the Houthi drone. That’s because the vessel had another fall-back ...