The US Navy has contracted RTX business unit Raytheon for the production of the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS). Under the $205m contract, Raytheon is tasked with delivering upgrades, ...

The Phalanx CIWS was designed to destroy incoming missiles automatically before they strike a ship. This video explores how the system works, why reaction speed matters so much in naval combat, and ...

During the span of a decade from the early 70s to the early 80s, the US Navy built as many as 31 Spruance-class destroyers, a group of warships which served as the primary destroyer for the service in ...

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a potential $398.6 million contract by the U.S. Navy to provide design agent engineering and technical services for the military branch’s close-in weapon and anti ...

PHALANX AMMO: Alliant Techsystems (ATK) said Aug. 15 that it will supply 20mm ammunition to the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center for the Navy's Phalanx systems, used to defend the fleet against ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The SeaRAM replaces the gun with larger, longer-range Rolling Airframe Missiles. Unlike the CIWS, it uses a twenty-millimeter ...

I'm pretty sure USS Thomas Hudner doesn't have ODIN installed or else it would have been visible in those photos last year. I'd argue the Mk 45 5" gun actually does not have that great a rate of fire ...

Korea eyes US sales as CIWS-II targets drones at sea and on land LIG D&A courts the U.S. market as CIWS-II advances through ...