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 ...

The destroyer Rafael Peralta fires its Mark 45 5-inch light-weight gun during a live-fire exercise while operating in the Philippine Sea in January 2023. (MC1 Greg Johnson/U.S. Navy) 27,121 people ...

The Mk 45 is the lightest, most compact, 5-inch fully automatic naval gun in the world and is the most widely deployed, to the U.S. Navy and other allied navies.

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems was awarded a contract by the Commonwealth of Australia to upgrade existing Mk 45 Mod 2 naval gun systems on Anzac class frigates with a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems has received a contract to deliver multiple shipsets of the Mk 45 Medium Caliber Gun an ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems has received a contract to deliver multiple shipsets of the Mk 45 Medium Caliber Gun and automated Ammunition Handling System (AHS) for ...

BAE Systems has begun integrating the first Mk 45 Mod 4A medium-calibre gun system onboard the future HMS Glasgow (F 88), the lead vessel in the UK Royal Navy's (RN's) Type 26 City-class frigate ...

--BAE Systems has begun integrating the Mk 45 naval gun system onto HMS Glasgow, the first of eight Type 26 frigates being constructed for the U.K. Royal Navy.

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems has received a contract to deliver multiple shipsets of the Mk 45 Medium Caliber Gun and automated Ammunition Handling System (AHS) for ...