Army Times:
The Army has been spying Navy work on an electromagnetic “rail gun” and it wants one for its warfighting.
The rail gun technology, while yet to be fielded despite decades of research and work, offers a tantalizing prospect — cheap, hypersonic projectiles that travel farther and faster than existing artillery and missile systems.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems announced in March that it had been awarded a contract from the Army to evaluate and mature the rail gun tech to support the Army’s Armament Research, Development and Engineering Command, according to a company release.
