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CIWS
(redirected from Close-in weapon system)

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CIWSClose-In Weapon System (US Navy)
CIWSCanadian Injured Workers Society
CIWSCenter for Integrated Watershed Studies (Binghamton University)
CIWSCommunity Information and Warning System (Australia)
CIWSChildren's International Wildlife Sanctuary (Saratoga, NY)
CIWSCompliance Information Web Submission (EPA)
CIWSChelan Interagency Weather System (Wenatchee, WA)
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The CAG also expressed its concern over the ship not having a Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) which is a vital shipboard weapon for detecting and destroying incoming anti-ship missiles and enemy aircraft at short range until her first refit in India in 2017.
India still negotiating price on aircraft carrier Admiral Gorkshov: ... by Asian News International
DTI) subsidiary was awarded a Raytheon Missile Systems contract totaling $8 million for the manufacture of electro-mechanical shipboard consoles and wire harnesses which form the crew station for the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS).
Ducommun Incorporated Announces Award of $8 Million Phalanx Contract by Business Wire
8 million, Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTNA)(NYSE:RTNB), with United Parcel Service's (NYSE:UPS) UPS Logistics Group, will provide Phalanx Close-In Weapon System parts and services to the U.
Raytheon and UPS Logistics Group Team Awarded $96.8 Million to ... by Business Wire
 
 
 
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