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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The US Army is turning toward their existing heavy artillery guns to shoot down ballistic missiles as the threat of enemy missiles gets more real by the day. The Pentagon has reportedly turned to 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, ...

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 ...