/aerospace?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Aerospace & Defense Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:56:22 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2353931?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2353931 The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday asked the Fourth Circuit to toss an appeal challenging the U.S. Naval Academy's consideration of race in admissions because the school has since changed its admissions program "so that race and ethnicity are no longer considered in any way at any point." Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:44:49 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2354093?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2354093 President Donald Trump signed an order Monday enshrining the nation's new trade deal with U.K. governments under which the U.S. agreed to slash tariffs on 100,000 imported U.K. automobiles and auto parts, while eliminating tariffs on certain aerospace products but leaving steel and pharmaceuticals tariffs for future negotiations. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:15:17 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2353741?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2353741 The Fourth Circuit has kept its revival of a no-poach wage-fixing case against some of the nation's biggest warship makers intact, rejecting a petition to rehear the case en banc after a three-judge panel kicked it back to district court last month. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:49:04 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2353849?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2353849 The U.S. Government Accountability Office has rejected a Virginia small business's challenge of a $58 million Defense Information Systems Agency award for support services, concluding its allegations were largely based only on the supposed superiority of its own $107 million proposal. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:43:22 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2353752?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2353752 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is urging a New York federal judge to send its novel case against software developer SolarWinds Corp. to trial, arguing that the company hid its "pervasively poor cybersecurity practices" from investors ahead of a massive data breach that affected government and corporate clients. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:34:01 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2353821?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2353821 A Brooklyn federal judge on Monday set a fall trial date for a former top aide to two New York governors over allegations that she secretly acted as an agent of China's government in the U.S., while prosecutors intend to bring new charges within weeks. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:50:18 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2353666?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2353666 The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to determine whether federal or state courts are the proper venue for Louisiana's bid to hold Chevron, Exxon Mobil and other major oil companies liable for damages to the state's coastal lands that were allegedly caused by World War II-era oil production activities. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:36:51 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2353642?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2353642 Covington & Burling LLP-advised power management company Eaton on Monday unveiled plans to buy Ultra PCS Ltd. from the Cobham Ultra Group in a $1.55 billion deal. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:30:36 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2353616?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2353616 Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein has joined Baker McKenzie as chair of the national security practice in Washington, D.C., the firm said Monday. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 22:04:51 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2342954?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2342954 President Donald Trump has approved the long-delayed deal between U.S. Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel, the companies said Friday, following a protracted, 18-month saga that included a block of the transaction by President Joe Biden. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 22:04:00 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2353338?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2353338 A California federal judge said Friday that planned staff reductions at the State Department would violate her injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive order directing layoffs at federal agencies, saying she's not persuaded by the government's assertion that the department's reorganization was underway before the order. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:28:17 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2352992?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2352992 The acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director issued more than a dozen discretionary denial decisions on Thursday and Friday, where she ruled largely in favor of the challenger, made clear that challenges to young patents have a huge advantage and brought in a denial based on assignor estoppel. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:59:23 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2353331?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2353331 Gunmaker Sig Sauer Inc. scored a win at the Tenth Circuit on Friday with the panel disqualifying two experts who were ready to testify that its P320 pistol was defectively designed, giving the company an appeals court ruling to lean on as it continues to fend off a rash of suits claiming the gun fires unintentionally. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:34:29 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2353421?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2353421 The Government Accountability Office rejected an Ohio company's argument that the General Services Administration failed to evaluate cost proposals evenhandedly when it awarded a task order proposal that fell more than 10% below the agency's estimated total evaluated price range. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:43:38 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2352758?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2352758 Liquidators seeking to establish control over a PetroSaudi unit that won a $380 million arbitral award asked a California federal judge to let them join U.S. Justice Department litigation targeting the award over ties to funds embezzled from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:23:43 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2352927?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2352927 After a monthslong enforcement pause, the U.S. Department of Justice’s new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act guidelines fundamentally shift prosecutorial discretion and potentially reduce investigatory burdens for organizations, but open questions remain, so companies should continue to exercise caution, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:59:54 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2326302?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2326302 Drone systems developer Airo Group Holdings Inc. began trading Friday after a $60 million initial public offering priced below its targeted range and guided by Cooley LLP and underwriters' counsel Latham & Watkins LLP. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:07:18 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2329140?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2329140 Speaking to elementary school students about the importance of college and other opportunities after high school — especially students who may not see those paths reflected in their daily lives — not only taught me the importance of giving back, but also helped to sharpen several skills essential to a successful legal practice, says Guillermo Escobedo at Constangy. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 23:22:25 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2352974?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2352974 A former Russian diplomat and longtime U.S. resident on Thursday admitted to deceiving FBI agents about his knowledge of dealings between an ex-FBI agent and a purported associate of a Russian oligarch, after prosecutors dropped plans to go ahead with sanctions and money laundering charges at a trial slated to begin next week. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 22:34:30 +0000 /aerospace/articles/2352685?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /aerospace/articles/2352685 The Boeing Co. is bracing for renewed scrutiny after Thursday's deadly crash of an Air India flight with 242 people onboard as another line of its jets — this time, its 787-8 Dreamliner — is involved in an overseas aviation disaster just as the company was eyeing a fresh chapter following its 737 Max crisis.