---
title: "US Navy Set to Unveil Electromagnetic Weapon Technology"
description: "The US Navy plans to unveil a new electromagnetic weapon that uses magnetic fields to launch projectiles at high speeds as opposed to traditional chemical propellants and explosives to destroy targets"
date: "2015-01-15"
modified: "2015-01-15"
authors:
  - name: "Matthew Lincoln"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/justmatt"
url: "https://futurism.com/us-navy-set-to-unveil-electromagnetic-weapon-technology"
categories:
  - "Future Society"
---

# US Navy Set to Unveil Electromagnetic Weapon Technology

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- "The Electromagnetic Railgun is among several disruptive capabilities that the Naval Research Enterprise is championing to ensure a dominant, capable and relevant naval force for the future," chief of naval research Rear Adm. Mat Winter said in a statement on Tuesday.
- It will be tested at sea in 2016. The technology uses high electrical currents to generate a magnetic field to launch projectiles at distances in excess of 100 nautical miles and at six times the speed of sound, researchers said.
- The weapon will be presented before the public on February 4-5 at the Naval Future Force Science and Technology EXPO in Washington