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Latest News in Aerospace & Defense
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August 13, 2025
Lacking Details Doom Navy IT Services Protest, GAO Says
A company seeking a Navy IT services contract needed to make clear how much work it would steer to a small business to avoid seeing its proposal rejected for falling short of a small business participation requirement, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said.
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August 12, 2025
Split Del. Justices Back Insurers In 3M Earplug Coverage Fight
A split Delaware Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court's finding that defense costs paid by 3M in underlying multidistrict litigation over the company's combat earplugs could not satisfy the self-insured retention of subsidiary Aearo Technologies' insurance policies.
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August 12, 2025
Boeing Must Give Up 737 Max Docs In Jet Purchase Dispute
A Washington federal judge said Tuesday that Boeing must hand over a decade of internal documents about the safety of the 737 Max to Norwegian Air Shuttle subsidiaries that claim the aerospace giant duped them into a jet purchase deal.
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August 12, 2025
Trump Wants To 'Strike Fear' With Troops In Calif., Judge Told
A lawyer for California argued during a San Francisco bench trial Tuesday that President Donald Trump's military deployment in the state is unlawful and aims to "strike fear into the hearts" of residents, while a Justice Department lawyer said the soldiers stayed within legal boundaries by not carrying out law enforcement activities.
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August 12, 2025
Parker-Hannifin Seeks Toss Of $900M Trade Theft, Antitrust Suit
Parker-Hannifin Corp. wants a Texas federal judge to dismiss a fiber optics companies' $900 million trade secrets theft and antitrust lawsuit, arguing in a filing made public Monday聽the case amounts to a contract dispute that should be handled in New York and the claimed trade secrets had been publicly disclosed.

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- AGENCIES
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- Lateral hires in aerospace and defense practices
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