A video has recently emerged showing what, at first glance, seems to be a Mk 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon System, or CIWS, in someone's garage. On closer inspection, it turns out the Phalanx is actually ...

June 6 (UPI) --Raytheon has received a $12.5 million modification to an existing contract for the Phalanx Close-in Weapons System, or CIWS. The contract is for hardware kits and upgrades to the latest ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from News. Followed categories will be added to My News. Back in May, the US Naval Sea Systems command claimed it "successfully tracked, engaged, and destroyed” several ...

HMNZS TE MANA has successfully test-fired her Close in Weapons System (CIWS) during exercises in the South China Sea. The CIWS (also known as a Phalanx) is a 6 barreled radar controlled 20mm machine ...

For years, the U.S. Navy has been pursuing a workable ray gun that could provide a leap ahead in ship self-defenses. Now, with a series of tests of a system called the Laser Weapon System, or LaWS), ...

July 6, 2011: A Chinese firm has been unsuccessful in obtaining export sales for its land based version of its LD-2000 multi-barrel CIWS (Close In Weapons System). Normally used by ships for knocking ...

The Navy is arming four forward-deployed destroyers with an emerging ship-defense weapon able to track and destroy attacking enemy missiles, drones, aircraft, small boats and other threats, officials ...

Back in May, the US Naval Sea Systems command claimed it "successfully tracked, engaged, and destroyed” several drones with its new system. At the Farnborough Show yesterday, the company behind the ...