Key Points and Summary - The Navy railgun advanced fast—and then vanished. The reasons were practical: barrels cracked from brutal heat and electromagnetic stress in under 30 shots, fire rates lagged, ...

It's official. The U.S. Navy is building a railgun. Almost READY TO AIM AND FIRE -- BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE NAVY'S NEW ELECTROMAGNETIC RAILGUN. IMAGE SOURCE: U.S. NAVY. Earlier this month, the U.S.

Key Points and Summary on Zumwalt-Class: The U.S. Navy's Zumwalt-class destroyers, known for their radical, stealthy "tumblehome" hull design, are undergoing a massive transformation to salvage the ...

The U.S. Navy is gearing up to test its first at-sea platform equipped with the Pentagon's hypersonic missile system, with the USS Zumwalt set for trials by the end of this year. Clint Lawler. The ...

Battleship: The Zumwalt-class destroyer, once heralded as the future of the U.S. Navy, has become a costly misstep. Initially envisioned as a 32-ship fleet, only three were produced due to budget ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Engineering studies to include an electromagnetic railgun on a Zumwalt-class destroyer (DDG-1000) have started at Naval Sea Systems… ...

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has called for the resignation of the State Tourism Secretary, Shelley Zumwalt, after an audit was released Tuesday. Zumwalt joined News 9 to share her side ...

The USS Zumwalt, officially designated DDG-1000, is the first of the U.S. Navy's Zumwalt class of guided missile destroyers. The ship stands as a pinnacle of naval innovation and is widely regarded as ...

The guided-missile destroyer Zumwalt arrived at HII in Pascagoula, Miss., Aug. 19 to undergo a modernization period. (HII) The guided-missile destroyer Zumwalt, which arrived at its new home port in ...