The Pentagon is closer to adding a futuristic new gun to its arsenal, using electricity rather than chemical propellants. It’s called an electromagnetic rail gun. A rail gun uses magnetic fields ...

The U.S. Marine Corps wants an electromagnetic gun for its new family of Marine Expeditionary Family of Fighting Vehicles (MEFFVs), the MEFFV program manager said April 28. Development of the gun will ...

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. The DDG 1000's Integrated Power System ...

An electromagnetic rail gun would use magnetic fields created by electrical currents to accelerate a sliding metal conductor along two rails. Larry Greenemeier reports The Pentagon is closer to adding ...

Rear Admiral Ma Weiming, a prominent figure in China's naval technology development, has recently unveiled the conceptual blueprint of an unprecedented warship, claiming it to be unlike any vessel ...

The US Navy will be taking its futuristic Railgun out of the lab where it has been tested for to past eight years. Over the next two years, railguns will be tested in open firing ranges and eventually ...

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. It’s capable of defeating incoming ballistic missiles and liquefying even the ...

The U.S. Army and Navy's electromagnetic (EM) gun programs, intended to increase projectile velocity by using a more efficient energy source, are a collaborative effort between the services based on ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Lasers that shoot down drones with precision and electromagnetic cannons that fire more than 100 miles are part of the future of naval warfare, promising to be cheaper to ...

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 ...

I blogged about this nearly six years ago, but I thought I’d mention it again, given the recent discussions about “smart guns.” It’s not the most important factor in considering whether to rely on a ...