The Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) Electromagnetic (EM) Railgun program recently started to evaluate the second of two industry railgun prototype launchers at a facility in Dahlgren, Va., officials ...
In order to give its on-board weaponry a kick in the pants, the U.S. Navy is actively pursuing the development of a new electric-based launcher system—the Electromagnetic Railgun—through two separate ...
Developed by BAE Systems and General Atomics, the U.S. Navy’s electromagnetic railgun promised to redefine long-range firepower by launching projectiles at Mach 6 without using explosives. Despite ...