The final possibility is the Navy is testing its Hyper Velocity Projectile (HVP), which takes technology from the railgun program and adapts it to a Mach 2.7 projectile that can be fired from more ...

The U.S. Navy says it has tested one of two prototypes of its futuristic electromagnetic railgun, a weapon that could fire a 5-inch projectile up to 100 miles, yet which requires no explosives to ...

The Navy has test fired a working railgun prototype, which uses magnets to shoot bullets at speeds of up to Mach 7. The Navy’s futuristic railgun is one step closer to becoming a reality.

After more than a decade of research and development and upwards of $500 million in funding, the Navy finally plans on testing its much-hyped electromagnetic railgun prototype on a surface warship ...

The Navy has spent years test-firing the railgun at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division in Virginia, but conducting a tactical demonstration of the weapon from an actual surface ...

Navy shows off supersonic railgun, fires test shots; New military weapon shoots lightning bolts ‘Super bullet’ can guide itself, hit targets a mile away [video] ...

The first weapon-scale prototype of a futuristic Navy railgun began undergoing firing tests last week, the next big step toward putting the electromagnetic superweapon on U.S. warships by 2020.

The first weapon-scale prototype of a futuristic Navy railgun began undergoing firing tests last week, the next big step toward putting the electromagnetic superweapon on U.S. warships by 2020.

The US Navy has just completed a 10-megajoule test fire of their huge rail gun. For the first time ever, they fired a projectile with a velocity of 8,270 feet per second. That’s an amazing 5,640 ...

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 ...

Norfolk, Va. – The Navy plans to install and test a prototype electromagnetic railgun aboard a joint high speed vessel (JHSV) in fiscal year 2016, the service announced on Monday. The test will ...

The first weapon-scale prototype of a futuristic Navy railgun began undergoing firing tests last week, the next big step toward putting the electromagnetic superweapon on U.S. warships by 2020.