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

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, ...

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

Yet the guns hadn’t totally disappeared from the picture. The U.S. Navy’s ... was the Mk 45 gun, but it was not the only notable change. The warship retained its Mk 41 VLS modules, which ...

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 ...

A US Navy destroyer operating in the Red ... of high-fives when you shoot something down with a gun, kind of World War II-style." The MK-45 is a five-inch artillery gun mounted to the deck of ...