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

During the Future Fleet Panel at SNA 2026 U.S. Navy top officers went in depth regarding the newly unveiled BBG(X) ...

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

Developed through a long U.S. Navy and industry partnership, the General Atomics railgun uses electric power rather than ...

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) demonstrates the Navy’s electromagnetic railgun initial rep-rate fires of multi-shot salvos at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. The revolutionary ...

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 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 ...

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.

The announcement by President Trump of a new class of battleships bearing his name grabbed headlines for its audacity. It also called attention to a profound question that military strategists have ...

Tom Boucher, electromagnetic railgun program manager at the Office of Naval Research, discusses higher firing rates and extending bore life during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor ...