Texas RailGun Demonstrator at ASC 2004

The University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Advanced Technology (IAT) Electromagnetic Systems Division showed off its electromagnetic rail gun (RailGun) technology demonstrator at the 24th Army Science Conference (ASC 2004). Founded in 1990, IAT Electromagnetic Systems is an autonomous research unit tasked with aiding the U.S. Army and Navy with rail gun technology. Rail guns are currently being contemplated as a later weapons upgrade on the USA’s DD[X] destroyer program, as part of the Army’s Future Combat Systems program, and in space.