General Atomics to Manufacture Hypersonic Projectiles for U.S. Navy s Railgun Project Our Bureau 4498
Testing railgun at Joint Institute for High Temperatures. (Image for representation)
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has been awarded a contract modification from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (DEVCOM AC) to further the development and maturation of hypersonic projectiles.
Under this contract, GA-EMS will manufacture guided projectiles to undergo test firings from the Navy’s railgun located at the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico using the Navy’s armature and sabot package.
The projectiles will be launched in high G-force and electromagnetic field environments to verify that the projectiles and the gun-hardened guidance and control electronics within them perform as designed to intercept moving airborne targets during live fire events scheduled through the end of 2021.