BAE Systems has been awarded a $21 million contract from the Office of Naval Research to develop an advanced Electromagnetic Railgun for the U.S. Navy. The 30-month contract is for the detailed design ...

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 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 have fired the Navy's first industry-built electromagnetic railgun (EM Railgun) prototype launcher at a test facility, commencing an evaluation that is an important intermediate step toward ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Ares, the defense technology blog, a post about the U.S. Navy's prototype railgun firing includes video of the BAE electromagnetic railgun in use. The topic is covered in depth on page 33. The blog ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- BAE Systems says it has a camouflage system that can render battle machines like tanks invisible or even seen as other objects in the immediate environment to protect against attack.