Nearly two decades ago, the Pentagon tasked BAE Systems and General Atomics ... This means the railgun could fling a projectile faster and farther without storing dangerous and bulky powder ...

The US Navy is working on a few railgun projects that will eventually replace the largest guns on the fleet’s cruisers and destroyers. These rail guns will fire a projectile away from the ship ...

Unnamed Navy officials told USNI News that the USS Dewey fired off 20 of the next-generation hypervelocity projectile ... and complicated railgun system. Indeed, BAE’s contract with ONR ...