ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BAE Systems has received a one-year award from the U.S. Navy to deliver 40 Mk 38 Mod 2 Gun Systems in 2011 and 2012. This will increase the total number of Mk 38 Mod 2 ...

So, BAE Systems and Boeing have teamed up to add lethal lasers to the already tricked out Mk 38 chain gun system used for close-in defense on U.S. Navy ships. In March, BAE -- maker of the MK 38 ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) --The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems Land and Armaments LP a $30,556,246 contract for production of the Mk 38 mod 3 machine gun system. The contract aims to meet technical ...

Now we know what the Navy plans to do with its experimental hybrid of laser cannon and machine gun: zap pirate ships. Two defense giants, Boeing and BAE Systems, announced late last month that they ...

Sept. 25 (UPI) --BAE Systems Land and Armaments has received an $18.5 million basic ordering agreement for the Mk 38 machine gun system coaxial kit under a previously awarded contract. The order, ...

BAE Systems‘ land and armaments business will provide Mk 38 Mod 3 machine gun systems and associated spares to the U.S. Navy under a potential $121.5 million contract. The Defense Department said ...

The aerospace giant enters into BAE Systems contract to develop laser weapons system that would be coupled with the existing Mk 38 machine gun. Crave freelancer Tim Hornyak is the author of "Loving ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Irving Shipbuilding of Canada has awarded BAE Systems a contract to deliver up to six modified 25mm Mk 38 Machine Gun Systems for the Royal Canadian Navy’s Arctic ...

BAE Systems expects the U.S. Navy to award another option on the BAE-Rafael Mk 38 naval gun soon, an executive told reporters April 3. The company will also try to get the Mk 38, the Protector ...

BAE Systems has been awarded a sub-contract by Irving Shipbuilding of Canada to supply up to six modified 25mm Mk 38 Machine Gun Systems for the Royal Canadian Navy’s Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS ...

The Laser Weapon System or LaWS is a directed-energy weapon developed by the United States Navy. The weapon was installed on the USS Ponce for field testing in 2014. In December 2014 the United States ...

Irving Shipbuilding of Canada has awarded BAE Systems a contract to deliver up to six modified 25mm Mk 38 Machine Gun Systems for the Royal Canadian Navy’s Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) program.