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) ...

An Army Howitzer is now firing a super high-speed, high-tech, electromagnetic Hyper Velocity Projectile, initially developed as a Navy weapon. Due to its ability to reach speeds of up to 5,600 miles ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A guided hyper-velocity projectile for U.S. Navy gun systems is to be developed and demonstrated by BAE Systems under an Office of Naval Research contract. The award, ...

OXFORD, England, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- First Light Fusion, a global leader in researching energy generation via inertial fusion, has completed construction of a 22-metre-long two-stage gas gun ...

It's often described as the 'holy grail' of power production, and now scientists have come up with a new technique to achieve nuclear fusion. First Light Fusion, a spin-out from the University of ...

Washington state officials are seeking to have the Navy modify a training schedule that could harm local marine mammals. Marine mammals are protected by the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act. A ...