While U.S.-based companies are launching more payloads into orbit than ever before, they’re still limited by the inefficiency ...

China's navy has apparently tested out its hypersonic rail gun — but during a demonstration of its power, things didn't go quite as planned.

BAE Systems has delivered a functional, 32-megajoule Electro-Magnetic Laboratory Rail Gun (32-MJ LRG) to the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Va. Installation of the laboratory launcher ...

The Rail Gun originates from the early days of Chapter 2 Season 7 in Fortnite Battle Royale, and those in Chapter 6 Season 1 can see this weapon return, albeit with a few damage nerfs. The Rail ...

Rail Gun has returned to the Fortnite island in Chapter 6 Season 1 and here's where you can get your hands on one.

Other gun launch systems were reviewed and found lacking: Only Electromagnetic railguns seem worthy of further study for this application.

NASA has embraced the electromagnetic launching system for any number of potential uses in space exploration. For instance, it is is seriously studying the possibility of using a rail gun as a ...

Chinese scientists are working on constructing a giant electromagnetic rail gun that will be used to launch 50 tonne hypersonic planes into space. Engineers and scientists in China have been ...

The United States and Russian space programs send astronauts into space armed with handguns — these guns are included to protect astronauts if they land in an unusual or hostile environment.

Electromagnetic rail guns can accelerate a payload by running a very high current between through parallel "rails" in opposite directions, generating a magnetic field between them that propels a ...

A plaque has been unveiled at a railway station in East Sussex for a train driver who was killed while operating a service in ...