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 ...

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

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

Under the contract, BAE Systems will upgrade and overhaul existing systems to the Mk 45 Mod 4 configuration. The upgrade to the Mk 45 Mod 4 configuration includes a 62-calibre barrel and a ...

Back in 2022, the upcoming destroyer was equipped with a 5-inch Mark 45 Mod 4 main gun forward of the bow-mounted 32-cell ark 41 Vertical Launch System cells. While this original design was purely ...

The first rendering of DDG(X), unveiled at the 2022 SNA symposium, featured a 5-inch Mark 45 Mod 4 on the bow of the ship, but there are signs that the Navy has been rethinking that configuration.

With exceptional cooling and faster clock speeds, the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 SUPRIM SOC is faster than the reference design and ...

DDG(X) as seen at a ceremony for Captain Matt Schroeder. the new design features a new VLS layout and no main gun. U.S. Navy photo. The PMS 460 DDG(X) Program Office showcased a new rendering during a ...

With a complement of 300 personnel, the destroyers are equipped with an array of armament, including one 5-inch (127 mm) Mk 45 Mod 4 naval gun, one 30 mm Goalkeeper CIWS, one RAM Block 1 CIWS, and ...