The U.S. Navy has shelved its ambitious electromagnetic railgun, citing cost, technical risk, and brutal rail-wear issues.

Japan says it successfully test fired its medium-caliber maritime electromagnetic railgun via an offshore platform. According to its Acquisition Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA), this was the ...

The EMG-01B is a small portable rail gun made by Arcflash Labs. Introduced in 2017, it can throw magnetic dowel pins ...

Advanced naval guns that could replace land-attack and anti-ship missiles as well as defend warships from ballistic and cruise missiles have taken a step forward with the start of prototype ...

TOKYO—Japan plans to conduct a second at-sea test of its developmental railgun in June, as the next phase of the technology’s evolution advances under the leadership of the Acquisition, Technology & ...

“Ready, aim, fire!” It’s not that simple say Navy engineers firing test rounds on the Potomac River Test Range.

China’s navy has apparently tested out a hypersonic rail gun — basically a device that uses a series of electromagnets to accelerate a projectile to incredible speeds — but during a demonstration of ...

<p><br><P> Senior Navy leaders will be on hand today at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division in Dahlgren, Va., for a test of the Office of Naval Research's experimental electromagnetic rail ...