General Atomics has withdrawn a protest of the Navy’s decision earlier this year to award BAE Systems the contract to build the next prototype of the electromagnetic railgun. The Office of Naval Research in March selected BAE for the next phase of the railgun program and General Atomics subsequently lodged a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO). BAE Systems railgun. Photo courtesy of ONR A ruling had been expected by the end of this month but the GAO’s website…