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.

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

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 ...

Essentially, the Phalanx is a very sophisticated Gatling gun or cannon. An M61 Vulcan autocannon, to be precise, is equipped with Ku-band radar, sensors, and a computer connected to its prominent ...

November 10, 2012: The British Royal Navy ordered another five American Phalanx CIWS (Close In Weapons Systems) for their warships. These are mounted on ships to shoot down incoming missiles or hit ...

See CIWS now does surface targets, too for more on the new Block 1B Phalanx CIWS, both naval and land-based varieties. An ADA Magazine article from last year has more info and organizational ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

May 25, 2009: The U.S. Navy has upgraded the radar and heat sensors on its Phalanx CIWS (Close In Weapons System) so that that the sensors can detect speedboats, small aircraft and naval mines. The ...

The Phalanx CIWS, pronounced “sea-whiz”, was originally developed in the late 1960s as a terminal defense against anti-ship missiles (AShMs). It is essentially a self-targeting Gatling gun.