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BAE Systems given contract to modify Mk 38 Mod 2 with C-UAS capability

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The U.S. Navy has given BAE Systems a sole source contract to add a counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) capability to the Mk 38 Mod 2 Machine Gun System (MGS).

USS Howard fires its Mk. 38 Mod. 2 machine gun during a live-fire exercise. (36009631892)
By Official U.S. Navy Page from United States of America MC2 Tyler Preston/U.S. Navy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Under the terms of the contract, the company has to develop and manufacture four C-UAS kits and test them at navy test ranges. Dead line for this is Mar. 31, 2019.

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