General Atomics’ 3 megajoule Blitzer electromagnetic railgun has fired projectiles with on-board electronics over a two-day period at the U.S. Army’s Dugway Proving Ground in Utah.
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By U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The projectiles’ on-board electronics survived four consecutive tests and were able to collect important data such as in-bore accelerations and projectile dynamics.