BAE Systems wants the U.S. Army to know that there is no reason the Electromagnetic (EM) Railgun, which projects rounds at Mach 7, needs to be solely used by the U.S. Navy in the years ahead.

Two years after BAE Systems was awarded a US$21 million contract from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop an advanced Electromagnetic (EM) Railgun for the U.S. Navy, the company has ...

The Office of Naval Research is evaluating competing railguns--one from BAE Systems, and one from General ... way conventional naval weapons do, the railgun utilizes an electromagnetic system ...

The work will do the math to determine if the Zumwalt-class will have the space, power and cooling to field a railgun – likely replacing one of the two 155mm BAE Advanced Gun Systems (AGS ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BAE Systems was awarded a $34.5 million contract from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for the development of the Electromagnetic (EM) Railgun under Phase 2 of the ...

The Navy has awarded BAE Systems a contract to develop a next-generation launcher with higher rates of fire for its now-in-development Electromagnetic Railgun, service and industry officials ...

Nearly two decades ago, the Pentagon tasked BAE Systems and General Atomics to develop a working railgun that would help ...

BAE Systems railgun (Image: BAE Systems) The EM railgun is basically an electric motor that’s been folded out and laid flat. Like an electric motor, the railgun uses an alternating ...

BAE could get a boost from US military's aim of finding new uses for existing technologies, such as BAE's 4,500mph electromagnetic gun BAE's Paladin self-propelled guns have test-fired the hyper ...