Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has handed over to the U.S. Air Force a high-energy laser counter-drone system designed to trace and neutralize rogue unmanned aircraft.

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has won a two-year, $128.5M contract to help the U.S. Air Force maintain and operate mobile sensors at radar facilities. The company will maintain operational readiness of Cobra King and Gray Star radar systems that work to provide situational awareness on a 24-hour basis, the Department of Defense said Monday.

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has showcased the design of a sensor the Waltham, Mass.-based company will produce to replace the Patriot missile defense system's current radar technology as part of a $384M contract from the U.S. Army. The service branch aims to complete Patriot radar modernization efforts as early as 2022.

The U.S. Army has selected Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) to build a new radar technology for the service branch's  Patriot missiles under a $384M initial firm-fixed-price contract, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

Stockholders at Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) approved at their respective meetings the companies’ agreement to merge in an all-stock transaction and create a technology provider that will be known as Raytheon Technologies.

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has secured a potential 10-year, $300M contract to develop and test new space platforms and flight software for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Dave Wajsgras, president of the intelligence, information and services business at Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and 2019 Wash100 winner, has said a software development approach commonly used in nondefense and high-technology organizations helped the company turn around the GPS Operational Control System modernization program.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) a potential five-year, $200M contract to perform life cycle support services for a new weapon designed to help military pilots engage moving targets in the battlefield.

Raytheon’s (NYSE: RTN) integrated defense systems business will manufacture fire control technology and equipment for the Aegis combat systems of U.S. and and Japanese navies under a $123.9M contract modification.

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has formed a joint venture with the defense business of Germany-based Rheinmetall to bid for a U.S. Army program aimed at replacing the military service's Bradley combat vehicle.