Railgun - Wikipedia
网页The railgun would be part of a Navy fleet that envisions future offensive and defensive capabilities being provided in layers: lasers to provide close range defense, railguns to provide medium range attack and defense, and cruise missiles to provide long-range attack; though railguns will cover targets up to 100 miles away that previously ...
U.S. Navy Demonstrates World's Most Powerful Electromagnetic Railgun …
网页2008年1月31日 · The Navy´s Office of Naval Research successfully conducted a record-setting firing of an electromagnetic railgun at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA. An invited audience, including...
US Navy ditches futuristic railgun, eyes hypersonic missiles - Defense News
网页2021年7月1日 · The U.S. Navy has pulled the plug, for now, on a futuristic weapon that fires projectiles at up to seven times the speed of sound using electricity.
Navy's Electromagnetic Railgun Reaches Testing Milestone
网页2011年10月30日 · The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Materials Testing Facility demonstrated, Oct.31, the one-thousandth successful firing of its Electromagnetic Railgun, reaching a materials testing milestone in...
Navy Sets New World Record With Latest Electromagnetic Railgun …
网页2010年12月10日 · The Office of Naval Research (ONR) achieved a milestone Dec. 10 when it successfully conducted a world-record 33 megajoule shot of the Electromagnetic Railgun at Naval Surface Warfare Center...
Report on Navy Laser, Railgun and Gun-Launched Guided Projectile
网页2022年4月6日 · This report provides background information and issues for Congress on three potential new ship-based self-defense weapons for the Navy—solid state lasers (SSLs), the electromagnetic railgun (EMRG), and the gun-launched guided projectile (GLGP), also known as the hypervelocity projectile (HVP).
Navy Electromagnetic Railgun To Finally Test Aboard Warship
网页2019年5月25日 · 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 on a surface warship in a...
With a Bang, Navy Begins Tests on Electromagnetic Railgun …
网页2012年2月28日 · ARLINGTON, Va.— Engineers have fired the Navy’s first industry-built electromagnetic railgun (EM Railgun) prototype launcher at a test facility, commencing an evaluation that is an important...
Navy Railgun Lines Named for Two Electromagnetic Railgun …
网页2018年2月26日 · The Navy dedicated and named its electromagnetic railgun lines in honor of two public servants who envisioned, nurtured, and laid the foundation for the U.S. Navy's Electromagnetic Railgun...
Navy Planning to Test Electromagnetic Rail Gun on USNS …
网页2015年4月14日 · The Navy has chosen joint high speed vessel USNS Trenton (JHSV 5) as the first ship to fire its high tech electromagnetic railgun at sea. During tests next summer at Eglin AFB, Fla.,’s maritime test range, the service will fire a GPS-guided hypervelocity projectile from the gun and engage a floating, static, over-the-horizon target, said Capt ...