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Navy awards $22.7M to BAE for three 57mm MK 110 gun mounts by Ed Adamczyk Washington (UPI) May 15, 2019 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 be built at the company's Louisville, Ky., facility, with work expected to be completed by January 2022, the Pentagon said in a contract announcement on Monday. The MK 110 gun mount includes a 57mm multi-purpose, medium caliber gun, ammunition hoist, power distribution panel, muzzle velocity radar, barrel-mounted television camera and a laptop computer gun control panel. Fitted onto the decks of United States Coast Guard cutters and Littoral Combat Ships, it can fire salvos at up to 220 rounds per minutes, with a range of nine miles. The gun mount includes a 120 round automatic loader drum Its primary mission is to provide engagement of known surface threats during combat operations in a theater area of operation, the Navy said in a statement, and can deliver high rates of fire with extreme accuracy against surface, airborne and shore-based threats. The Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C., is the contracting agent.
Raytheon awarded $101.3M to build anti-tank missiles for U.S. Army Washington (UPI) May 13, 2019 Raytheon has been awarded a $101.3 million contract to build radio-controlled, anti-tank missiles for the U.S. Army. The Defense Department on Friday announced the company was selected to build the tactically launched and optically tracked wireless-guided missiles, or TOW. The weapon system, which includes TOW 2A, TOW 2B Aero and TOW Bunker Buster versions, is deployed by more than 40 international armed forces and integrated on more than 15,000 ground, vehicle and helicopter platforms. ... read more
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