Contractor: Army considering 'next-generation' THEL

The U.S. Army is considering developing a smaller, more deployable variant of its Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL), the sprawling chemical-laser demonstrator that has shot down rockets, artillery shells and mortar rounds in tests, an industry official said May 4. Although the Army recently decided...

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