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 ...

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

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 & ...

<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 ...

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 ...

It was more than déjà vu for the Marine as he loaded a hypervelocity projectile (HVP) into a gun at the Potomac River Test Range April 30.