The United States Navy has quietly resumed live-fire testing of a prototype electromagnetic railgun.

Japan says it successfully test fired its medium-caliber maritime electromagnetic railgun via an offshore platform. According to its Acquisition Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA), this was the ...

Japan’s 40mm railgun stays smaller than U.S. efforts; small-caliber prototypes are planned by 2027, setting clearer deployment steps.

Japan has released new images of its ship-mounted railgun firing from the test ship JS Asuka on September 10, marking a milestone in the country’s push to develop directed-energy weapons for the Japan ...

Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s ambitious railgun program has quietly faded, replaced by the pragmatic reality of hypersonic missiles and directed-energy systems. -While the railgun promised ...