Norfolk, Va. – The Navy plans to install and test a prototype electromagnetic railgun aboard a joint high speed vessel (JHSV) in fiscal year 2016, the service announced on Monday. The test will ...

After more than a decade of research and development and upwards of $500 million in funding, the Navy finally plans on testing its much-hyped electromagnetic railgun prototype on a surface warship ...

The Navy is developing an electromagnetic rail gun that uses electricity, not gunpowder or fuel, for long-range strikes. The railgun will test a prototype from a sea vessel in 2016, the Navy said ...

SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Navy showed off it’s high speed “railgun,” a $250 million project expected to change the way America fights wars. The railgun is a long-range weapon that fires proj… ...

The electromagnetic railgun prototype, which weighs eight tons and has a 19.6-foot-long cannon barrel, is capable of firing a projectile at Mach 6.5, according to the report.

It can fire a solid metal slug at speeds of up to 4,500 mph, or Mach 6. It can hit targets up to 100 nautical miles away.

The U.S. Navy is finally canceling its electromagnetic railgun development program, after a long, ill-fated development. Here's why.

A Chinese ship armed with a suspected electromagnetic railgun has reportedly been spotted on the high seas. The same vessel armed with what appears to be the same weapon was seen earlier this year ...

The US military are in the process of testing a new electromagnetic gun that can fire ammo at 4,500mph. The Navy have developed a weapon that will use a ship's self-generated power to fire at long ...

On October 17, Japan’s military announced it had successfully test-fired a railgun on board a ship. The test was conducted by the Acquisition Technology and Logistics Agency, Japan’s rough DARPA ...

The electromagnetic railgun prototype, which weighs eight tons and has a 19.6-foot-long cannon barrel, is capable of firing a projectile at Mach 6.5, according to the report.