Raytheon
Company has been awarded a $287.9 million contract modification for
MK 15 Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) upgrades and conversions, system
overhauls, and associated hardware. This contract combines purchases
for the US Navy (36.75 percent) and for the governments of Turkey (44.09
percent) and Australia (19.16 percent), under the Foreign Military Sales
(FMS) program. |
Work under the contract is expected to be completed by December 2022.
CIWS consists of 2 variants: Phalanx, which utilizes a six-barrel Gatlin
gun; and SeaRAM, which replaces the gun with an 11-round Rolling Airframe
Missile (RAM) guide.
Phalanx is a rapid-fire, computer-controlled radar and 20 mm gun system
that automatically acquires, tracks and destroys enemy threats that
have penetrated all other ship defense systems. More than 890 systems
have been built and deployed in navies around the world.
Intended to enlarge Phalanx's keep-out range against evolving anti-ship
missiles, rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft and other threats, SeaRAM
Anti-ship Missile Defense Systems use advanced Phalanx Block 1B sensors
and replaces the gun with an 11-round Rolling Airframe Missile guide.
SeaRAM is aboard the Independence-class of the U.S. Navy's Littoral
Combat Ships.
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