US Navy delays plan to test hypersonic railgun until 2019

The US Navy has been testing a powerful weapon capable of firing projectiles at hypersonic speeds to hit targets more than 100 miles away – but, it isn’t likely to be integrated with ships anytime soon. In the fiscal year 2018 budget, the US Navy did not request funding for the transition of the electromagnetic railgun, according to Jane’s Defence Weekly. But in the fiscal year 2018 budget, the US Navy did not request funding for the transition of the electromagnetic railgun to ship THE EM RAILGUN An electric pulse is sent to the railgun which creates an electromagnetic force which releases the projectile at Mach 6, or 4,500 mph. The US Navy are testing an electromagnetic gun that can fire ammo at 4,500 mph The Department of the Navy's science and technology corporate board chartered the Innovative Naval Prototype to build the EM Railgun, which uses generated by the ship, according to the Office of Naval Research. An electric pulse is sent to the railgun which creates an electromagnetic force which releases the projectile at Mach 6, or 4,500 mph.