In a decade’s time, the U.S. Navy intends to test an electromagnetic railgun from the deck of a USS Zumwalt-class destroyer.
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Capt. Mike Ziv, Program Manager for Directed Energy and Electric Weapon Systems, told reporters at the Navy League’s 2015 Sea Air Space symposium that a study on integrating the weapon on board the warship should be finished by the end of this year.