Boeing has recently won the contract to develop truck-mounted laser cannons for the US Army. As part of the Army's High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD) project, Boeing will produce a "rugged beam control system", which will be mounted on a 20 tonne Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck. The HEL TD is being made to combat incoming enemy artillery shells, rockets, or mortar bombs. As we know that laser guns that actually blast targets are bulky consequently a big carrying vehicle will be used. In the future, HEL TD ray-gun lorries would be used to combat enemy bombardments out of the sky before they hit.

However the HEL TD is getting only a tentative implementation. Boeing's initial phase beam-controller development contract is for just $7m, with potions of upping it to $50m."We consider this programme an important win for Boeing because it supports a cornerstone of the Army's high-energy laser programme," said Pat Shanahan, Boeing veep in charge of Missile Defense Systems. "We believe this is the next step for developing a weapon system that can change the face of the battlefield."