BAE Systems to upgrade shipboard machine guns with electro-optical sensors and laser range finders

摘要

The U.S. Navy is asking the BAE Systems Land and Armament segment in Louisville, Ky., to upgrade as many as 150 MK 38 shipboard, 25-millimeter machine guns with remote-control capability, two-axis stabilization, day/ night electro-optical sensors, and an eye-safe laser range finder. BAE will provide as many as 150 MK 38 Mod 2 machine gun system ordnance alteration (ORDALT) kits under a $33.9 million contract. The kits have two-axis stabilization with remote control capability, and an on-mount dayight electro-optical suite with eye-safe laser range finder.