DefenceTalkThe Department of Defense is struggling to define a strategy for recapturing the high ground in military technology and countering the proliferation of so-called anti-access/area denial (A2AD) threats. Senior Pentagon officials acknowledge that the military’s ability to project power and support friends and allies is eroding. The Defense Innovation Initiative and so-called “third offset strategy” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-pursuing-offset-strategy-railgun-62868/

DefenceTalkWhat Is It? The EM Railgun launcher is a long-range weapon that fires projectiles using electricity instead of chemical propellants. Magnetic fields created by high electrical currents accelerate a sliding metal conductor, or armature, between two rails to launch projectiles at 4,500 mph. How Does It Work? Electricity generated by the ship is stored over […]https://www.defencetalk.com/electromagnetic-railgun-pictures-61936/

DefenceTalkThe Electromagnetic Railgun –a weapon that will play a significant role in the future of the U.S. Navy — will be on display to the public for the first time on the East Coast Feb. 4-5 at the Naval Future Force Science and Technology (S&T) EXPO in Washington, D.C., officials at the Office of Naval […]https://www.defencetalk.com/from-research-to-railgun-revolutionary-weapon-at-future-force-expo-61920/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Navy plans to install and test a prototype electromagnetic railgun aboard a joint high speed vessel in fiscal year 2016, the service announced today. This test will mark the first time an electromagnetic railgun (EM railgun) has been demonstrated at sea, symbolizing a significant advance in naval combat. EM railgun technology uses an […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-to-deploy-electromagnetic-railgun-aboard-jhsv-59271/