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has received its second contract from General Dynamics for $7.2
million to supply a 57-mm Mk 110 Naval Gun system to be installed
on the U.S. Navy's fourth Littoral
Combat Ship (LCS 4) as its main armament. The contract includes
options such as spare parts and training. The gun is scheduled
to be delivered in 2008. The 57-mm Mk 110 accurately fires automatic
salvos of the highly lethal 57-mm Mk 295 ammunition at a firing
rate of 220 rounds per minute and a range of up to nine miles.
The naval gun is lightweight and compact, with minimal deck
penetration, and operates in remote or local control. The gun's
Mk 295 ammunition allows the system to perform against aerial,
surface or ground threats with just a single round.
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BAE Systems
has received three contracts for a total of four gun systems
for the LCS program and an additional three contracts for the
U.S. Coast Guard's Deepwater program. Additionally, the system
has been selected for the U.S. Navy's DDG
1000 destroyer and for the Coast Guard's Offshore Patrol
Cutter. Once in full-rate production, the Mk 110 will be manufactured
at BAE Systems' facility in Louisville, Kentucky.
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