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The U.S. Air Force has selected Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) to develop two prototypes of a High Energy Laser Weapon System for experimental use under a $23.8M sole-source contract. Raytheon will aim to complete the HELWS project by Nov. 1 of next year, the Department of Defense said Friday....

JE Dunn Construction has won a potential $158M contract to repair the building envelope of a cadet chapel at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. The company will replace the facility's lighting and controls, install new safety and fire protection systems, dispose of hazardous materials, abate harmful objects and maintain colored glass art,...

The Senate voted 89-1 Thursday to confirm Gen. Mark Milley, chief of staff at the U.S. Army and a 2019 Wash100 winner, as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He will succeed U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, a previous Wash100 winner, on Oct. 1....

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has secured a 60-month, $87.7M contract to help the U.S. Navy's Forces Surveillance Support Center in Virginia engineer an over-the-horizon radar system. The company will provide engineering and programmatic services under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesday....

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a $92.9M modification under the Systems Engineering, Management and Sustainment III contract to continue supporting the U.S. Air Force's weather-related missions. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the modification would bring the potential ceiling value of the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity...

Chris Emerson, former president of the helicopter manufacturing business and head of North American operations at Airbus Group, has been named president of the aerospace contractor's Herndon, Va.-based defense and space division....