YOKOSUKA, Japan — The Navy test-fired its new electromagnetic railgun at a U.S. test facility this week in preparation for a two-month evaluation of the weapon’s capabilities, according to ...

The Office of Naval Research (ONR)'s Electromagnetic (EM) Railgun program will take an important step forward in the coming weeks when the first industry railgun prototype launcher is tested at Naval ...

The first weapon-scale prototype of a futuristic Navy railgun began undergoing firing tests last week, the next big step toward putting the electromagnetic superweapon on U.S. warships by 2020. The ...

Engineers fired the Navy's first industry-built electromagnetic railgun (EM Railgun) prototype launcher at a Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) facility, commencing an evaluation ...

For more than three years now, I've been tracking the U.S. Navy's progress toward building a working electromagnetic railgun prototype-- a Mach 6 cannon reputedly capable of striking targets 110 miles ...

BATH, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Navy pulled the plug, for now, on a futuristic weapon that fires projectiles at up to seven times the speed of sound using electricity. The Navy spent more than a decade ...

The U.S. Navy has fired an emerging hypersonic “prototype” round as far as 109 nautical miles in only two minutes, marking a potential breakthrough in the realm of high-speed attack... Here’s What You ...

Advanced naval guns that could replace land-attack and anti-ship missiles as well as defend warships from ballistic and cruise missiles have taken a step forward with the start of prototype ...

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 ...

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 ...

NORFOLK (AP) -- Navy officials say they're getting closer to one day equipping warships with an electromagnetic railgun that could allow ships to fire a projectile at targets up to 100 nautical miles ...