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Airburst Round to Begin Evaluation this Summer

Posted on January 4, 2015 by jtozer

The air-bursting grenade designed for both the M203 and M320 launchers will undergo evaluation in July 2015.
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Posted in Articles, Technology | Tagged ammunition rounds, ARDEC, Development and Engineering Center, fully-integrated day/night fire contro, Joint Service Small Arms Program, JSSAP-ARDEC, PM-MAS, Project Manager-Maneuver Ammunition Systems, SAGM Project Officer Steven Gilbert, Small Arms Grenade Munition round, U.S. Army Armament Research, weapon, XM-25 weapon | Comments Off

Release The Railgun

Posted on July 28, 2012 by jtozer

The Naval Research Laboratory‘s 5,000 square foot Materials Testing Facility (MTF) houses a “scaled-for-laboratory,” 6-meter Electromagnetic Railgun. A railgun consists of a power supply that drives current through a pair of conductors or rails to accelerate a projectile to high …
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Posted in Featured, Videos | Tagged accelerate, conductors, current, defense, electricity, electromagnetic railgun, energy, high velocity, innovation, Materials Testing Facility, military, MTF, naval research laboratory, Naval Surface Warfare Center, NRL, possibility, projectile, railgun, sailors, science, Technology, tests, U.S. Navy, video, weapon | Comments Off

Laser Weapons for Navy Ships

Posted on May 14, 2012 by jtozer

I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time. The Navy…is getting LASER WEAPONS. Eventually. Okay, so it’s not right this second, but ONR is working to make it a reality. To help sailors defeat small boat threats and …
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Posted in Lasers, Physical Sciences, STEM, Technology, Videos | Tagged Broad Agency Announcement, Department of the Navy, Eglin Air Force Base, industry day, laser, Laser Weapon System, lasers, maritime, Maritime Laser Demonstration, navy, Office of Naval Research, onr, phasers, prototype, sailors, solid-state, Solid-State Laser Technology Maturation (SSL-TM), Star Trek, video, weapon, weapons | Comments Off

Guided Rockets Hit Fast-Moving Boat Targets in Test – VIDEO

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Julie Weckerlein

James Bond would be jealous. A weapon prototype developed by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) successfully hit two high-speed boat targets during recent testing in Point Mugu, Calif. “It’s a fire-and-forget weapon,” said Ken Heeke, the ONR program officer for …
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Posted in Lasers, STEM, Technology, Videos | Tagged boats, lethal, military, navy, Office of Naval Research, onr, rocket, Technology, U.S. Navy, US Navy, weapon | Comments Off

Tag Archives: weapon

Airburst Round to Begin Evaluation this Summer

Release The Railgun

Laser Weapons for Navy Ships

Guided Rockets Hit Fast-Moving Boat Targets in Test – VIDEO

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