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) The U.S. Navy ...

MK 45 mod 4 naval gun. BAE Systems picture. The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems over $70 million to upgrade Mk 45 5-inch naval gun systems and ancillary equipment. On Sept. 30, BAE Systems received ...

Ammunition for the three ships’ 155mm gun systems was deemed unaffordable and the Navy elected not to find a new round for the weapons. In 2022, then Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday ...

Leonardo, the Italian defense and aerospace company, has categorically denied allegations of supplying OTO Melara 76/62 naval guns to the Myanmar Navy, describing the reports as entirely unfounded.

We receive today and we publish: "Leonardo categorically denies any rumors of the alleged supply of OTO Melara 76/62 guns to the Myanmar Navy. Such rumors, reported by some media sources including 'Il ...