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Thursday, October 11, 2012

US Navy begins second prototype EM Railgun launcher testing

Railgun |The US Navy has started testing of the second prototype electromagnetic (EM) railgun launcher delivered by General Atomics (GA) at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division, Virginia.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) had placed orders with Raytheon, BAE Systems and General Atomics to develop a pulsed power system for launching projectiles with rapid succession.

BAE and GA were separately contracted to develop technologies to enhance future railguns that fire up to ten rounds a minute.

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