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Aerospace & Defense Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on the aerospace, defense, and homeland security industries. Coverage includes high-stakes litigation and enforcement, plus policy developments, export controls, and significant defense contract awards.
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Latest News in Aerospace & Defense
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January 16, 2026
USAA Warns Alice Became 'Sinkhole' For Tech In $223M Case
The United Services Automobile Association has become the latest patent owner to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to review what constitutes an abstract idea not eligible for patenting after the Federal Circuit invalidated mobile check deposit patents juries had determined PNC Bank owed $223 million for infringing.
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January 16, 2026
Feds Move To Seize Military Trainers Bound For China
The federal government is asking a D.C. federal judge for permission to formally take control of two shipping containers intercepted by U.S. authorities, who alleged the containers housed military training simulators built by a South African company to aid the Chinese military.
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January 16, 2026
Stolen Google AI Info Valuable To Rivals And China, Jury Told
Federal prosecutors questioned a foreign policy expert and an MIT computer science professor Friday in the trial of an ex-Google engineer accused of stealing AI trade secrets to help China, seeking to show that artificial intelligence is a major priority for the Chinese government and that Google's technology was nonpublic and extremely valuable.
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January 16, 2026
Stock Buyback Ban Could Shrink Defense Industrial Base
The Trump administration's move to bar defense contractors from buying back their stock or paying shareholder dividends if they are underperforming on their contracts could make companies reconsider working with the U.S. government and counteract the administration's stated goals.
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January 16, 2026
Boeing Birth Defect Appeal Draws Playground Dumping Analogy
A Washington state appeals court expressed skepticism Friday at Boeing's stance that it can't be liable for birth defects of a factory worker's child because it has no duty to not-yet-conceived offspring, with two judges drawing parallels to the hypothetical harm caused by a company dumping chemicals near a playground.
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