The MK-15 Phalanx CIWS provides ships of the U.S. Navy with an inner layer point defense capability against Anti Ship Missiles, ... The Block 1 configuration was installed on USS Wisconsin in 1988.

Phalanx CIWS Explained: How The Navy's Computer-Controlled Weapon Works. ... Prototypes of the original version of the Phalanx, Block 0, were very successful when tested in the early-to-mid 1970s.

An upgrade and conversion of an older CIWS Phalanx configuration to Phalanx Block IB averages around $4.5 million per unit and a Block IB Baseline 2 radar upgrade kit averages $931,000 per unit ...

Simple History. Inside the Phalanx CIWS: How the US Navy’s Auto-Cannon Defends Against Missile Swarms. Posted: May 1, 2025 | Last updated: July 11, 2025 ...

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 guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam fires a Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) during a live-fire exercise, Philippine Sea, on June 6, 2022. Santiago Navarro/U.S. Navy. CNN — ...

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.