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Aeros Aeronautical Systems Corp v. United States of America et al

  1. June 27, 2017

    Feds OK'd To Reopen Evidence In $65M Blimp Damage Suit

    A California federal judge has granted the government's request to reopen evidence from the testimony of Aeros Aeronautical Systems Corp.'s chief financial officer in a suit over damages to an experimental blimp caused by the collapse of a Navy hangar.

  2. March 09, 2017

    Navy Denied Sanctions In $65M Blimp Damage Suit

    A California federal judge has rejected the U.S. Navy's request for terminating sanctions in a $65 million dispute with a contractor over an airplane hangar collapse, saying the government's sealed motion merely repeated claims made in an ex parte filing rejected by the court in May.

  3. June 21, 2016

    Navy Must Face $65M Blimp Loss Row, Judge Says

    The U.S. Navy can't duck a suit claiming that it neglected an airplane hangar that ultimately collapsed and caused $65 million worth of damage to a contractor's blimp, a California federal judge ruled on Monday, saying that the terms of a contract don't insulate the Navy from all liability.

  4. May 31, 2016

    Navy Says Contract Should Nix $65M Blimp Loss Row

    The U.S. Navy doubled down on its attempt to nix a suit claiming the collapse of a Marine Corps hangar destroyed an Aeros Aeronautical Systems blimp, maintaining in a California federal court filing Friday that the terms of the lease prevent the suit — even if the Navy was actually negligent.

  5. May 17, 2016

    Aero Co. Rips Navy Bid To Dodge $65M Suit Over Blimp Loss

    Aeros Aeronautical Systems on Monday fought the U.S. Navy's bid to get out from under a lawsuit claiming it neglected an airplane hangar that ultimately collapsed and caused $65 million worth of damage to an Aeros blimp, telling a California federal court that the contract clause to which the government has pointed to avoid liability is unenforceable.

  6. April 13, 2016

    Blimp Co. Says Navy Owes It Over Hangar Roof Collapse

    Aeros Aeronautical Systems Corp. sought a decisive win in California federal court on Tuesday over a hangar roof collapse that the company says was completely the U.S. Navy's fault and for which it claims the military branch owes it for $65 million worth of damage caused to a ruined airship.

  7. March 28, 2016

    Navy Denies Blame For Big Blimp Damage In Hangar Collapse

    The U.S. Navy has asked a California federal court to dismiss a lawsuit that claims it neglected an airplane hangar that ultimately collapsed and caused $65 million worth of damage to a contractor's blimp, saying the litigation is barred by language in the company's agreement with the Navy.

  8. November 24, 2015

    Gov't Can't Use Misrepresentation To Evade $65M Blimp Row

    The government can't evade a contractor's claims over a ruined $65 million blimp simply by cloaking a failure to repair the craft's hangar with a failure to warn about the facility's state of repair, a California federal judge ruled Tuesday.

  9. November 03, 2015

    Navy Hiding Negligence In $65M Blimp's Ruin, Contractor Says

    Aeros Aeronautical Systems Corp. asked a California federal court Monday to reject the government's attempts to nix the contractor's claims the U.S. Navy negligently destroyed a $65 million blimp, saying the government continues to cloak that negligence as a lack of warning.

  10. September 30, 2015

    Gov't Says It's Not Liable For Destroyed $65M Blimp

    The U.S. government called on a California federal court Tuesday to throw out a lawsuit over the destruction of a $65 million blimp, arguing it isn't liable after the roof of a U.S. Navy hangar collapsed.

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