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

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

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

Watching old war movies, we expect firing a navy gun to be accompanied by a deafening bang and a dramatic cloud of burnt powder. This being the 21st century, the US Navy has other ideas as it prepares ...

The Navy's most futuristic weapons will remain more fi than sci. The Senate Armed Services Committee on Friday voted to eliminate funding for two of the Navy’s still-in-development guns: the free ...

Imagine a Naval gun so powerful it can shoot a 5-inch projectile up to 220 miles, yet requires no explosives to fire. That's the Navy's futuristic electromagnetic railgun, a project that could be ...

After years of troubled development, the Navy's much-hyped electromagnetic railgun appears stuck in research limbo, according to budget documents reviewed by Task & Purpose By Jared Keller Published ...

Japan says it successfully test fired its medium-caliber maritime electromagnetic railgun via an offshore platform. According to its Acquisition Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA), this was the ...

If you think the image above looks frightening, you’re right. The crazy contraption pictured in the image is the first portable railgun, a futuristic projectile launcher associated most commonly with ...