In order to give its on-board weaponry a kick in the pants, the U.S. Navy is actively pursuing the development of a new electric-based launcher system—the Electromagnetic Railgun—through two separate ...

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 intermediate step toward ...

On Ares, the defense technology blog, a post about the U.S. Navy's prototype railgun firing includes video of the BAE electromagnetic railgun in use. The topic is covered in depth on page 33. The blog ...

Arlington County-based BAE Systems Inc. announced Tuesday the acquisition of Dayton, Ohio-based IAP Research. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. IAP is an engineering company focused on ...