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Latest News in Aerospace & Defense
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January 09, 2026
Skadden's Ex-Palo Alto Leader Named Aetherflux's COO, CLO
The former head of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Palo Alto office Joe Yaffe is now Aetherflux's chief operating officer and chief legal officer as the San Carlos, California, space-based solar power startup moves ahead with its "Galactic Brain" project to launch an artificial intelligence data center satellite in space, Aetherflux announced Friday.
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January 09, 2026
SpaceX Can Build Up Its Next-Gen Constellation, FCC Says
The Federal Communications Commission gave its stamp of approval Friday for SpaceX to ramp up its second-generation Starlink satellite system.
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January 09, 2026
DOD Unveils Nearly $15B In Arms Sales To 8 Nations
The U.S. Department of Defense filed notices detailing the sale of $14.9 billion in arms and other equipment to countries it called "major" non-NATO allies and "strategic" partners, including Morocco, the Philippines and Egypt.
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January 09, 2026
Calif. Construction Co. Nabs $15B Air Force Contract
Brea, California-based Insight Pacific LLC has been awarded an open-ended, global construction contract with the U.S. Air Force worth up to $15 billion through 2035, the U.S. Department of Defense announced.
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January 09, 2026
4th Circ. Frees Man Convicted For Speech After 9/11
A lecturer and scholar of Islam convicted of inducing others to levy war against the U.S. after Sept. 11, 2001, was freed from serving his remaining sentence Friday, when a unanimous Fourth Circuit panel ruled that his speech was protected under the First Amendment.
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