Why did the U.S. Navy’s electromagnetic railgun fade away while hypersonic weapons kept moving forward? The answer sits less ...

Meet the ‘most lethal surface warship to appear in a long, long time’ the Trump-class battleship, which will be the next ...

General Atomics is holding talks with the U.S. government to clarify the role of railguns on the upcoming Trump-class ...

U.S. Navy researchers needed energy storage technologies to help develop a long-range shipboard weapon that fires projectiles using electrical power instead of chemical propellants. They found their ...

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 ...

The U.S. Navy plans to install and test a prototype electromagnetic railgun aboard a joint high speed vessel (JHSV) in fiscal year 2016, the service announced today. You must be logged in to rate.