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The US Navy’s Phalanx CIWS Anti-Air System Is Getting a $200 Million Upgrade
The Phalanx CIWS has been in service with the Navy since the 1970s, and has received significant technological upgrades since ...
The Navy on Friday awarded RTX a $205 million modification to continue procurement of the MK 15 Close-In Weapons Systems. The ...
There's certainly an argument that giving a computer too much control over any aspect of our lives is a dangerous thing. One day, they're developing the CPUs of other computers, and the next, they ...
In what has to be one of the funniest and also creepiest military videos in some time, a Mk 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) is seen drawing a bead on a 737 passing over what appears to be a ...
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Robot guns to guard US warships with 4,500-round-per-minute firepower
The MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon System, known across the fleet as “CIWS” or “sea-whiz,” is a self-contained, rapid-fire gun platform designed to defend warships from incoming missiles and aircraft.
TUCSON, June 12 (UPI) --Raytheon reports it has received a U.S. Navy contract to remanufacture, overhaul and provide upgrades to Phalanx Close-in Weapon Systems. The contract is worth $115.5 million, ...
The US Department of State has approved a potential USD39 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of two MK 15 MOD 25 Phalanx close-in weapon systems (CIWSs) for fitment onto the first of a second batch ...
June 6 (UPI) --Raytheon has received a $12.5 million modification to an existing contract for the Phalanx Close-in Weapons System, or CIWS. The contract is for hardware kits and upgrades to the latest ...
July 6, 2011: A Chinese firm has been unsuccessful in obtaining export sales for its land based version of its LD-2000 multi-barrel CIWS (Close In Weapons System). Normally used by ships for knocking ...
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September28, 2008: Germany is ready to begin producing its Skyshield 35 C-RAM system (Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar), and get it to Afghanistan next year. Skyshield 35 C-RAM consists of two ...
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