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Navy/USMC

Navy Planning to Test Electromagnetic Rail Gun on USNS Trenton Next Summer

Valerie Insinna

Tuesday, April 14th, 2015

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Navy Planning to Test Electromagnetic Rail Gun on USNS Trenton Next Summer

A prototype railgun. Photo by Office of Naval Research.

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,”…

Congress

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Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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Congress

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