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Latest News in Aerospace & Defense

  • October 24, 2025

    Court Weighs Limits On Trump's DC National Guard Powers

    A D.C. federal judge Friday repeatedly pressed a Trump administration lawyer on whether there are any limits to the president's power over the District of Columbia National Guard under his reading of federal law, as the attorney insisted the powers were intended to be "broad."

  • October 24, 2025

    Judge Backs Navy's Rejection Of Missile Canister Proposal

    The U.S. Court of Federal Claims rejected an engineering company's protest of the U.S. Navy's decision to award a BAE Systems subsidiary a $220 million contract for missile canisters, finding the agency reasonably determined the company's proposal to be too risky.

  • October 24, 2025

    Ore. Court Mulls Guard Deployment Limit After 9th Circ. Ruling

    An Oregon federal judge weighing the potential deployment of the National Guard to Portland on Friday zeroed in on two factors that might distinguish an ongoing court pause on deployment from an earlier restriction that a divided Ninth Circuit panel sunk — the number of troops and the states they come from.

  • October 24, 2025

    USTR To Probe China's Adherence To 2020 Trade Deal

    The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative opened an investigation Friday into China's adherence to a 2020 trade deal after determining there has been an "apparent failure to comply" with its terms, an accusation disputed by a Chinese government representative who spoke with Law360.

  • October 24, 2025

    FCC Poised To Pull 5 China-Linked Cos. From Lab Testing

    The Federal Communications Commission Friday started the formal process of removing five telecoms linked to the Chinese government from the FCC's equipment testing process.

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