NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER DAHLGREN, Va. - The Office of Naval Research reached a milestone Friday when it successfully conducted a world-record 33-megajoule shot of the electromagnetic railgun. The railgun uses electricity to propel a projectile at high velocity to destroy a target with kinetic energy rather than explosives. It can fire projectiles at least 110 nautical miles. The railgun is being developed for use on a wide range of ships, including the DDG 1000 and DDG 51. (Source: NNS, 12/10/10) Gulf Coast note: Northrop Grumman builds DDG 51s, as well as the deck house, helicopter hangar and peripheral vertical launcher system cells for the DDG 1000.
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Friday, December 10, 2010
Railgun test sets record
NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER DAHLGREN, Va. - The Office of Naval Research reached a milestone Friday when it successfully conducted a world-record 33-megajoule shot of the electromagnetic railgun. The railgun uses electricity to propel a projectile at high velocity to destroy a target with kinetic energy rather than explosives. It can fire projectiles at least 110 nautical miles. The railgun is being developed for use on a wide range of ships, including the DDG 1000 and DDG 51. (Source: NNS, 12/10/10) Gulf Coast note: Northrop Grumman builds DDG 51s, as well as the deck house, helicopter hangar and peripheral vertical launcher system cells for the DDG 1000.