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From left: Scott Jones, Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) In-Service Engineering Agent (ISEA) with Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Indian Head Division’s Picatinny Detachment, watches as USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) Fire Controlman Petty Officer 2nd Class Phillip Bailey and NSWC Indian Head Division CIWS ISEA Auntravion Ellis work together to re-tension the chuting mechanism on the ship’s Phalanx CIWS unit during a recent Combat Systems Assessment Team event at NSWC Port Hueneme Division in California. The CIWS is designed to automatically track and engage incoming threats, including missiles, aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles. It fires 20 mm tungsten rounds from six rotating barrels at a rate of 4,500 rounds per minute. (U.S. Navy photo by Eric Parsons)
| Date Taken: | 02.20.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 03.07.2025 13:04 |
| Photo ID: | 8903424 |
| VIRIN: | 250220-N-SR235-8586 |
| Resolution: | 3900x2484 |
| Size: | 2.36 MB |
| Location: | PORT HUENEME, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 27 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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