Retired Col. Seth Krummrich, vice president of Global Guardian, joins ABC News Live to discuss the ongoing conflict with Iran ...

HMS Queen Elizabeth marks a major milestone with the successful test-firing of its Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) for the first time. Designed to defend against incoming missiles and aerial ...

The state-of-the-art Phalanx CIWS is a great example of this. In military history, a phalanx was the term for a tightly-packed infantry formation, in which each member was able to protect the ...

See CIWS now does surface targets, too for more on the new Block 1B Phalanx CIWS, both naval and land-based varieties. ... My guess would be that Yon saw/heard this baby in action.

The U.S. Navy's answer: the Phalanx CIWS, or close-in weapon system. The Phalanx consists of a M61 Vulcan gatling gun—the same gun used on the F-15C Eagle and F/A-18 Super Hornet—along with a ...

The MK-15 Phalanx CIWS provides ships of the U.S. Navy with an inner layer point defense capability against Anti Ship Missiles, aircraft, and littoral warfare threats that have penetrated other ...

Raytheon Canada has been awarded a $704 million contract to upgrade and support 21 Phalanx Close-In Weapons Systems (CIWS) in service with the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), the Canadian Department of ...

Raytheon (RTX) is set to provide upgrades and conversions, system overhauls and associated hardware for MK 15 close-in weapon system (CIWS).

Raytheon Company is being awarded a $15 million modification to a previously awarded contract to provide an increase in option exercise for engineering and technical services in support of the MK15 ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian Navy’s indigenized version of the Phalanx, a close-in weapon system (CIWS) on military vessels used for defense against anti-ship missiles, is undergoing tests, a ...