Washington Issues Multiple Award High-Energy Laser Prototype Contract: Week in Brief: 03/24/23 . WASHINGTON, D.C., March 24, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Rolls-Royce North American Technologies (doing business as Liberty Works ), General Atomics , Dynetics , II-VI Aerospace & Defense , Lockheed Martin Aculight Corp. , nLIGHT Nutronics , and NUBURU ?a combined $75 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity, multiple aw...