General Atomics is holding talks with the U.S. government to clarify the role of railguns on the upcoming Trump-class ...

Developed through a long U.S. Navy and industry partnership, the General Atomics railgun uses electric power rather than ...

The Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) Electromagnetic (EM) Railgun program recently started to evaluate the second of two industry railgun prototype launchers at a facility in Dahlgren, Va., officials ...

In order to give its on-board weaponry a kick in the pants, the U.S. Navy is actively pursuing the development of a new electric-based launcher system—the Electromagnetic Railgun—through two separate ...

Developed by BAE Systems and General Atomics, the U.S. Navy’s electromagnetic railgun promised to redefine long-range firepower by launching projectiles at Mach 6 without using explosives. Despite ...