BAE Systems to Modernize Mk 45 Naval Guns under $50 Million Award
September 27 2016 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a $50 million contract
option to upgrade four additional Mk 45 Naval Guns on guided
missile destroyers (DDG 51s), converting the guns to a
fully-digital Mod 4 configuration. The option, exercised under an
initial 2015 award, brings the full value of the contract to $130
million for a total of 10 modernized gun systems.
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BAE Systems will upgrade four Mk 45 Naval
Guns on guided missile destroyers (DDG 51s) under a new $50 million
contract from the U.S. Navy. (Photo: U.S. Navy)
Key updates to the Mod 4 configuration include a mechanically
strengthened gun mount and a completely digitized control system.
The stronger mount allows the gun to achieve 50 percent higher
firing energy, and the new digital control system provides
significantly more computing power while utilizing a user interface
similar to that of a smartphone. These major enhancements enable
the seamless integration of targeting and fire control data, such
as GPS, positioning the Mk 45 to fire precision guided munitions at
unprecedented ranges.
“The proliferation of high-volume, low-cost threats is driving
the need for multi-mission, cost-effective precision fire from
naval guns like the Mk 45,” said Joseph Senftle, vice president and
general manager of Weapon Systems at BAE Systems. “As a leader in
large-caliber naval guns and precision guided munitions, our team
is committed to developing reliable and affordable technology that
adapts faster and reaches farther than ever before.”
The updated Mk 45 guns are expected to remain in service for
decades to come, making the cost-effective Mod 4 conversion and the
continued development of advanced munitions — such as the Hyper
Velocity Projectile and Standard Guided Projectile — essential
components of future surface warfare.
Work on the Mk 45 Mod 4 conversions will be performed at the BAE
Systems’ facility in Louisville, Kentucky, with support from its
facility in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Delivery of the first upgraded
gun will take place in late 2017 with the last delivery scheduled
for 2020.
BAE Systems has designed, produced, and supported Mk 45 Mods 0-4
for more than 40 years. The Mk 45 is the lightest, most compact
5-inch fully-automatic naval gun in the world and also the most
widely deployed, with more than 260 deliveries to the U.S. Navy and
10 international fleets. The company’s Louisville facility houses
its Naval Guns Center of Excellence for manufacturing, providing
component and spares fabrication, as well as final system assembly
and testing of new and modernized gun systems.
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