Photo courtesy Edward Lundquist HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully undocked USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the lead ship of the U.S. Navy’s Zumwalt-class of guided missile destroyers on ...

The US Navy is working to upgrade the USS Zumwalt and other stealth destroyers in the class to carry hypersonic missiles. ... including an electromagnetic railgun or futuristic laser weapons.

The US Navy is converting Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers into hypersonic missile shooters. The expensive Zumwalt class has struggled to find a suitable mission and weapons. The upgrade is part of ...

The US Navy is working to upgrade the USS Zumwalt and other stealth destroyers in the class to carry hypersonic missiles. ... including an electromagnetic railgun or futuristic laser weapons.

The USS Zumwalt's sheer magnitude commands awe, boasting an impressive length of 610 feet and a displacement exceeding 15,000 tons. What sets it apart is the innovative Integrated Power System ...

The Navy has announced that it is pulling funds from the much-hyped electromagnetic railgun in order to shift those monetary resources to hypersonic missiles and other high-tech weapons. The ...

The Navy is shifting away from its electromagnetic railgun after more than 10 years of trying to create a weapon that uses electricity to fire projectiles at up to seven times the speed of sound,&n… ...

BATH, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Navy pulled the plug, for now, on a futuristic weapon that fires projectiles at up to seven times the speed of sound using electricity. The Navy spent more than a ...

The Navy spent more than a decade developing the electromagnetic railgun and once considered putting them on the stealthy new Zumwalt-class destroyers built at Maine’s […] BATH, Maine ...

The Navy seriously considered using the railgun on its high-tech, stealthy Zumwalt-class destroyers, but despite spending an estimated $500 million on research and development, the weapon was not ...

BATH, Maine — The U.S. Navy pulled the plug, for now, on a futuristic weapon that fires projectiles at up to seven times the speed of sound using electricity.