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Popular Mechanics
February 1, 2008
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Navy Tests Super-Powered Rail Gun & 6500-mph Secret Machine Navy engineers had a banner day on Thursday, with two weapons tests breaking world records loudly.   |
Industrial Physicist
Aug/Sep 2004
Dean Andreadis |
Technology: Scramjets integrate air and space As the 21st century unfolds, a revolutionary engine technology is aiming to fly craft at high Mach speeds and seamlessly integrate air-to-space operations. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2006
Ben Ames |
Navy pushes forward in developing electric warship Navy leaders have taken two steps toward creating an all-electric destroyer -- awarding a contract and funding further research. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
As Navy Tech Advances, Will New Weapons Cause a Power Crunch? The Navy is developing new weapons and sensors that demand large amounts of electrical power. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2007
Noah Shachtman |
Hypersonic Cruise Missile: America's New Global Strike Weapon The mission: Attack anywhere in the world in less than an hour. But is the Pentagon's bold program a critical new weapon for hitting elusive targets, or a good way to set off a nuclear war? |
National Defense
August 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
Navy Will Build Electromagnetic Gun Test Site The U.S. Navy is preparing to break ground on a program dedicated to testing the science behind electromagnetic rail guns. |
National Defense
October 2006
Robert H. Williams |
Navy Launches High Speed Gun The Office of Naval Research awarded a $9.6-million, 30-month contract to General Atomics to design an electromagnetic launcher for the Navy's rail gun program. |
National Defense
August 2015
Stew Magnuson |
Hypersonic Weapons Race Gathers Speed What nation wouldn't want a weapon that closes in on its target at Mach 10, or about 7,500 mph? |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2004
Brian Gorman |
Orbital Sciences Up, Up, and Away The successful test of NASA's X-43A scramjet is good news for the company. |
National Defense
February 2016
Ashley Johnson |
Naval Energetics Research Needs Renewed Focus While other nations are making strides in energetic material development, the United States has remained dormant. |
National Defense
August 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Spate of Hypersonic Vehicle Tests Fuels Global Strike Debate Two vehicles, along with a hypersonic missile, have all been mentioned as means to carry out the "prompt global strike" concept. |
National Defense
November 2014
Stew Magnuson |
Hypersonic Weapons Can Defeat the Tyranny of Time, Distance When the intelligence community tracks down a high value target such as a terrorist group leader having a meeting with his top lieutenants, commanders want the ability to send a missile his way before his tea grows cold. |
National Defense
November 2015
Jon Harper |
Navy Working on 'Sci-Fi' Weapons The Navy's research-and-development dollars are going toward systems that will help the service stay ahead of advanced weaponry being developed by China and other potential adversaries. |
National Defense
March 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
Sea-Based Missile Defense Scores Hits, But Will it Work in a Real Attack? There is still one major weakness in U.S. missile defense systems that neither the Navy nor the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency has yet been able to overcome -- the ability to discern real warheads from harmless decoys. |
National Defense
June 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
For the First Time, Navy Will Launch Weapons From Surveillance Drones The Navy will request funds in fiscal year 2010 to begin outfitting its new surveillance drone with kinetic weapons. |
National Defense
March 2012
Eric Beidel |
Navy Leaders Want a More Flexible Fleet After fighting two land wars for a decade, the military is putting an emphasis back on the sea and is shifting its focus to the Asia-Pacific region and to a more maritime-weighted mission in the Middle East. |
