The Navy has chosen joint high speed vessel USNS Trenton (JHSV 5) as the first ship to fire its high tech electromagnetic railgun at sea.During tests next summer at Eglin AFB, Fla.,’s maritime test range, the service will fire a GPS-guided hypervelocity projectile from the gun and engage a floating, static, over-the-horizon target, said Capt. Mike Ziv, directed energy and electronic weapon systems program manager.“This is a significant event, but it’s also something that’s a key learning point for us,”…
