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Navy/USMC

ONR Railgun Program Office Gearing Up For Spring Evaluations

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

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The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is gearing up for spring evaluations of its 30 megajoule electromagnetic railgun prototype, according its program official. Roger Ellis, program official for ONR’s electromagnetic railgun (EMRG) program, said in a telephone interview Friday the Navy has completed the feasibility phase of the program, Phase 1, and has entered Phase 2. Phase 1, which began in 2005 and ended in 2011, was hand-loaded, single-shot operations, he said. “Now we’re entering into the next phase of…

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