China's radical new“X-rail gun” aims to fire 60-kilo slugs at Mach 7 speeds, raising the stakes in a railgun race where ...

An Electromagnetic Railgun prototype fires a Hypervelocity Projectile during testing at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, in September 2014. Budget crunch.

The electromagnetic railgun developed by BAE Systems for the U.S. Navy has a lot going for it. It is smaller than a conventional cannon. It can fire a projectile up to 4,600 mph, or around Mach 6.

Electromagnetic railgun technology being developed for the U.S. Navy could boost the survivability and lethality of the fleet against diverse threats, but funding is uncertain.

The Navy will continue to fund research and development efforts related to the service’s much-hyped electromagnetic railgun but will likely not pursue a shipboard tactical demonstrator ...

The Navy's futuristic electromagnetic railgun is set to take a major developmental step forward this summer as developers work to increase the number of shots it can fire per minute and the power ...

One of several undated images widely shared on social media shows a device identified by analysts as an electromagnetic railgun mounted on Chinese Type 072III-class landing ship Haiyang Shan, at ...

The Navy is evaluating whether to mount its new Electromagnetic Rail Gun weapon aboard the high-tech DDG 1000 destroyer by the mid-2020s, service officials said.

February 18, 2009 Think of the electromagnetic railgun as an electric cannon which uses electrical energy instead of chemical propellant to launch projectiles at hypervelocities. First conceived ...

AsNewsweek reported, photos appearing on Twitter suggest China is currently testing a ship-mounted hypersonic railgun.Also known as an electromagnetic railgun, the superweapon has been pursued by ...

For years, we’ve been sharing videos and images showing the destructive power of the United State Navy’s electromagnetic railgun. But we might soon be seeing the last of those horrifying GIFs. ...

The Electromagnetic Railgun, developed by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) with BAE Systems, has the potential to revolutionize naval warfare.