The Phalanx CWIS is a key defensive weapon that is in service on most naval vessels that require it. Here's what it is and how it came to be so necessary.

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 ...

The Phalanx CIWS is a rapid-fire, computer-controlled, radar-guided weapon system designed as the last line of defence for sea- going vessels against incoming threats.

At the same time, the CIWS overhaul includes the development and integration of a new, next-generation radar for the system called the CIWS Phalanx Block IB Baseline 2, Navy officials explained.

Raytheon has been awarded a $159.9 million contract by the US Department of Defense to manufacture, inspect and test Phalanx Close-in Weapon Systems (CIWS) for the US Navy, the company announced on 23 ...

The US State Department has approved the possible sale of MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) Block 1B Baseline 2 Kits, equipment, training, and logistics support to Saudi Arabia, it was ...

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 ...

Congress was notified Wednesday of the deal, for 50 Block IB Baseline 2 Upgrade Kits of the MK 15 Phalanx CIWS, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.

A US warship’s destruction of an incoming Houthi missile in the Red Sea this week marks the first use in this conflict of an advanced weapons system dubbed the Navy’s “last line of defense.” ...

The guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam fires a Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) during a live-fire exercise, Philippine Sea, on June 6, 2022.