LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BAE Systems has received a $26 million contract to equip the U.S. Navy’s Constellation class frigates with the fully-automatic 57mm Mk 110 naval gun. The contract ...
The US Naval Surface Warfare Center awarded BAE Systems a $23.3 million contract to provide 57-mm Mk 295 and Mk 296 ammunition for the Mk 110 gun system. This is the fourth contract awarded to BAE ...
On March 9, 1945, B-29 bombers in the U.S. Air Force began dropping incendiary bombs on the city of Tokyo. This raid, known as “Operation Meetinghouse,” caused incredible destruction, killing perhaps ...
The Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to develop guided 57-millimeter cannon shells. The shells would equip guns on the Independence-class littoral combat ships and the new ...
The U.S. Navy has approved Minneapolis-based United Defense Industries Inc.'s 57mm Mk 110 Naval Gun as the Close-In Gun System (CIGS) for the baseline design of the new DD(X) destroyer program, the ...
May 15 (UPI) --BAE Systems Land & Armaments received a $22.7 million U.S. Navy contract to build gun mounts, the Defense Department announced. Three MK 110 Mod 0 gun mounts and related hardware will ...
The third 57mm Mk 110 Mod 0 Naval Gun system bound for the U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter (NSC) program should be delivered next July, while BAE Systems expects to contract for a fourth ...
The Mk 110 gun system, known internationally as the Bofors 57 Mk 3, is the deck gun of choice for the Constellation class. It is a multi-mission, medium-caliber shipboard weapon, effective against air ...