Sailors with USS Stockdale (DDG-106) used the destroyer’s five-inch gun to shoot down a Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicle, the ...

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

GAZA, January 31, 2025 (WAFA) — A Palestinian young man was killed today by Israeli naval forces' gunfire near the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. WAFA correspondent reported that 19-year-old ...

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