Japan signed a railgun technology cooperation agreement with France and Germany in May 2024, involving joint research through ...

General Atomics' electromagnetic systems business has received a U.S. Army contract modification to advance hypersonic projectile technology designed to integrate with a railgun system and intercept ...

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 ...

Key point: The Pentagon is working hard on building a working Rail Gun before anyone else can. The Navy is considering accelerating developmental testing of its high-tech, long-range Electro-Magnetic ...

What You Need to Know: Railguns, which use electromagnetic force to launch high-speed projectiles, have long been pursued by military powers, but they remain out of reach due to significant technical ...

The following is the March 18, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Hypervelocity Projectile: Background and Issues… The following is the Nov. 6, 2015 Congressional ...

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 ...

With its program to develop prototype electromagnetic rail guns entering its second phase, the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) is launching an initiative to develop technology for a projectile for ...

The following is the Oct. 20, 2021, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Gun-Launched Guided Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress. This report provides background ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: China is optimistic about mounting plasma weapons on something as small as a tank despite challenges other militaries have had in developing the technology.... Here’s ...

A new round of intercept tests of railgun-fired hypersonic projectiles against airborne targets will take place in 2021 under a new U.S. Army contract award to General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems ...

TOKYO – Japan is pushing ahead with efforts to field an electrically powered railgun capable of firing projectiles six times the speed of sound and defending against hypersonic missiles. The railgun ...