Aerospace & Defense

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Latest News in Aerospace & Defense

  • October 16, 2025

    FEMA Ordered To Restore $34M NY Anti-Terror Funds

    A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to restore nearly $34 million in slashed funds to protect New York's massive transit system from terrorism, saying the White House unlawfully tied the state's grant to immigration policy.

  • October 16, 2025

    Protests Aren't Rebellions Justifying The Guard, 7th Circ. Says

    The Seventh Circuit elaborated Thursday on its reasoning for denying the Trump administration's request to stay a ruling blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago, noting that "spirited, sustained and occasionally violent actions" of protest demonstrators, without more, don't constitute a "rebellion" that would justify deploying the Guard.

  • October 16, 2025

    Army Vets Say Fluor Deviating From 4th Circ. Ruling

    A U.S. Army veteran told the U.S. Supreme Court that defense contractor Fluor Corp. has "abandoned the Fourth Circuit's rationale" in defending a panel's decision that affirmed the dismissal of his state-based injury claims stemming from a 2016 suicide bombing in Afghanistan.

  • October 16, 2025

    Afghans Fight US State Dept. Policy Denying Visa Eligibility

    Three Afghan nationals told a D.C. federal judge they were unlawfully denied eligibility to apply for a special immigrant visa and left at risk of persecution by the Taliban after years of providing security for U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

  • October 16, 2025

    Boeing Can't Ax Witness Ahead Of 737 Trial

    A LOT Polish Airlines' expert witness will testify as to how much money the airline lost when it was forced to ground its fleet of 737 Max jets following two fatal crashes, a Washington federal judge has ruled, denying Boeing's bid to block the testimony during the upcoming Nov. 3 trial.

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