INDUSTRY BIGS TEAM UP ON RAY GUNS: "Two of the heavyweights of the defense industry are teaming up to develop 'a laser armed combat vehicle,' Baltimore Business Journal says. Northrop Grumman, which is building the Army's Tactical High Energy Laser, will put together the ray gun. United Defense, maker of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, 'will develop a hybrid [gas/electric] combat vehicle that would carry the laser weapon,' according to the Journal."

(Via Defense Tech.)