Northrop Grumman is building the first example of what it hopes will arm the U.S. Army’s next-generation scout helicopter. The company will pit its new Sky Viper chain gun against a Gatling gun from ...

(Kingman, Ariz.) It looked like fire lighting up the air, accompanied by a very loud noise, smoke and the sight of a large fiery explosion on the other side of a desert canyon. The backward thrust was ...

A machine gun used by British soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan suffers from a fault that can cause it to fire ten rounds a second without anyone pulling the trigger. Internal Ministry of Defence ...

Orbital ATK has successfully demonstrated its MK44 Bushmaster Chain Gun by firing a variety of both 30mm and 40mm ammunition during the company’s Bushmaster User Conference at Big Sandy Range, Arizona ...

I was first introduced to the term chain gun by Doom. The chain gun in Doom was a powerful, hard-hitting machine gun that ate ammo like I eat pizza bagels. These guns are also called autocannons and ...

PLYMOUTH, Minn., Oct. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), a leading manufacturer of medium-caliber cannons, is introducing its next-generation M230 Link Fed (M230LF) ...

ATK has modified its 30mm chain gun carried by the U.S. Army's AH-64 gunship for use on Navy patrol craft and helicopters. ATK officials showed off the company's new M230LF 30mm chain gun at the Navy ...

DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, provided its customer and partner base a live demonstration of its MK44 Bushmaster ® Chain ...

It looked like streaming balls of fire lighting up the air, accompanied by a very loud noise, smoke and the sight of a large fiery explosion on the other side of a desert canyon. The backward thrust ...