The Office of Naval Research is getting ready to deploy their electromagnetic Railgun for testing for the first time next year. But what is a gun without ammo? The Hyper Velocity Projectile is being ...

The Pentagon is pursuing an innovation missile-defense system that could address some of the shortcomings of the existing systems it deploys. There are a number of major (somewhat interrelated) ...

The US Navy is accelerating developmental testing of its high-tech, long-range Electro-Magnetic Rail Gun (EMRG) Hyper Velocity Projectile (HVP) — such that it can fire from existing weapons platforms ...

The Navy and Marine Corps’ new ‘Star Wars’-style weapon made its debut in the nation’s capital this week. The Electromagnetic Railgun, developed by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) with BAE Systems, ...

September 28, 2020: The U.S. Air Force recently tested the 155mm version of its HVP (Hyper Velocity Projectile) fired from an army M-109 self-propelled 155mm howitzer. The HVP hit an incoming target ...

One of the SCO’s priorities was adapting technology from “railguns”. Such guns use neither explosives nor propellant, but instead rely on electromagnetic forces to fire projectiles at speeds of up to ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BAE Systems has received a $33.6 million contract from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop and demonstrate a Hyper Velocity Projectile (HVP). The HVP is a ...

The Pentagon’s office tasked with tweaking existing and developing military technology for new uses is pushing development of ammo meant for the electromagnetic railgun for use in existing naval guns ...

Faced with a growing number of missile threats, the Pentagon is looking to the U.S. Army’s field artillery to shoot down those incoming threats. An innovative system called the Hyper Velocity ...

September 28, 2020: The U.S. Air Force recently tested the 155mm version of its HVP (Hyper Velocity Projectile) fired from an army M-109 self-propelled 155mm howitzer. The HVP hit an incoming target ...