The U.S. Navy is channeling fresh investment into electromagnetic railgun-related testing, but the work is not happening aboard destroyers or carriers. A new Department of Defense contract awarded on ...
Key Points - While the US Navy abandoned its railgun program in 2021 after decades of research and over $500 million invested, primarily due to severe barrel degradation issues, Japan is successfully ...
Japan has been developing electromagnetic (EM) railgun technology since at least 2015, and current plans call for its future 13DDX destroyers to be armed with advanced weapons and possibly even lasers ...