Naval artillery/gun

Naval Europe 

Leonardo Signs Agreement to Support 76/62 Super Rapid Gun Mounts on Royal Danish Navy Ships

June 9, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO), Denmark, Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate, Knud Rasmussen-class patrol vessel, Leonardo, Naval artillery/gun, OTO 76/62 Super Rapid (SR), Royal Danish Army, Thetis-class patrol vessel

Leonardo has signed a twenty-year framework agreement to provide logistics support for seventeen 76/62 Super Rapid Gun Mounts installed on

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Naval Americas 

U.S. Navy Stealth Destroyer USS Zumwalt Completes First Large Caliber Weapons Firing Event

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Destroyer, Mk 46 Gun Weapon System (GWS), Naval artillery/gun, Point Mugu Sea Range, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), Zumwalt-class DDG

The U.S. Navy’s first-in-class stealth destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) successfully executed a “structural test fire” of the Mark 46

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Artillery Asia-Pacific 

U.S. State Dept. Approves Sale of MK 45 MOD 4 Naval Gun System to India

November 21, 2019 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), Foreign Military Sales (FMS), India, Indian Navy, Mk 45 Mod 4 Naval Gun, Naval artillery/gun, USA

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of up to 13 MK 45 MOD 4 5 inch/62 caliber

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Europe HLS Naval 

BAE Systems to Supply 57mm Naval Guns for German Federal Police’s Three New 86m Offshore Patrol Vessels

September 4, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments BAE Systems, BAE Systems Mk110/ Bofors 57Mk3, Fassmer, German Federal Police, Germany, Naval artillery/gun, Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV)

BAE Systems has been selected by the vessel contractor to provide the German federal police force, Bundespolizei, with three 57mm

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Asia-Pacific Naval 

Indonesian Navy Selects BAE Systems’ Bofors 57 Mk3 Naval Gun system for Its KCR-60 Fast-Attack Vessel Program

August 21, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments BAE Systems, BAE Systems Mk110/ Bofors 57Mk3, Fast attack craft (FAC), Indonesia, Indonesian Navy, KCR-60 Sampari-class fast attack craft, Naval artillery/gun, PT PAL Indonesia

The Indonesian Navy has selected BAE Systems’ Bofors 57 Mk3 naval gun system for its KCR-60 fast-attack vessel program. The

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Americas Artillery 

U.S. Navy Awards BAE Systems $70M Contract for Upgraded Mk 45 Gun Systems

July 31, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments BAE Systems, Mk 45 Mod 4 Naval Gun, Naval artillery/gun, U.S. Navy (USN), USA

BAE Systems will deliver five Mk 45 naval gun systems to the U.S. Navy under a recently issued $70.6 million

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Americas Artillery 

Raytheon Tests Rocket Motor for DARPA’s MAD-FIRES Interceptor

May 6, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Anti-air warfare (AAW), Anti-aircraft gun (AAG), DARPA, DARPA MAD-FIRES, Naval artillery/gun, Raytheon, USA

Raytheon successfully tested a hot fire rocket motor for DARPA’s Multi-Azimuth Defense Fast Intercept Round Engagement System, or MAD-FIRES. The

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Americas Artillery 

Raytheon, U.S. Navy Complete New Round of Successful Excalibur N5 Munition Test Firings

May 6, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Artillery Ammunition, BAE Systems Bofors, Excalibur N5, M982 Excalibur, Naval artillery/gun, Raytheon, U.S. Navy (USN), USA

Raytheon Company and the U.S. Navy completed a new round of successful Excalibur N5 munition test firings. The precision-guided projectiles

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Naval Europe 

Leonardo Signs Contract to Provide OTO 76/62 Super Rapid Guns for German Navy’s New K130 Corvettes

November 1, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Corvette, German Navy, Germany, K130 Braunschweig-class corvette, Leonardo, Naval artillery/gun, OTO 76/62 Super Rapid (SR), OTO Melara

Leonardo signed a contract with the Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw), the German Federal Office in

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Naval Americas Weapons 

BAE Systems to Provide Two Additional Mk110 Naval Gun Systems to the U.S. Navy

April 9, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments BAE Systems, BAE Systems Mk110/ Bofors 57Mk3, General Dynamics, Independence-class LCS, Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Naval artillery/gun, U.S. Navy (USN), USA

BAE Systems has been awarded a contract by General Dynamics to provide two additional Mk110 Naval Gun Systems for the

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