Aerospace & Defense

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Latest News in Aerospace & Defense

  • June 11, 2026

    Gibson Dunn, Davis Polk Launch SpaceX's Record $75B IPO

    Elon Musk's SpaceX on Thursday priced a $75 billion initial public offering at its designated price range, represented by Gibson Dunn Crutcher LLP and underwriters' counsel Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, marking the largest IPO in history.

  • June 11, 2026

    Texas Biz Court Lets Southwest Pilots Redo Boeing Claims

    A Texas business court judge said the Southwest Airlines pilots union could continue its suit against The Boeing Co. for alleged economic losses resulting from the grounding of the 737 Max aircraft, but told the union it would have to better articulate the harm Boeing caused.

  • June 11, 2026

    GlobalStar Opposes FCC Review Of 2 GHz Satellite Order

    The Federal Communications Commission should ignore a request to rethink its rejection of a plan that would bring sweeping changes to the "Big LEO" satellite rules, an American satellite telecom is telling the agency.

  • June 11, 2026

    Anthropic Says Feds' Retaliation Efforts Are Evident

    Anthropic PBC told a California federal judge Wednesday that the Trump administration has been "remarkably transparent" about its "campaign of retaliation," in a bid to win its lawsuit challenging the Pentagon's designation of the company as a supply chain risk to national security.

  • June 11, 2026

    Chinese Biopharma Sues Over National Security Threat Label

    Chinese pharmaceutical company WuXi AppTec sued the U.S. Department of Defense on Thursday, asking a D.C. federal court to set aside the agency's designation of the company as a Chinese military company, which it said was done "without a lawful or factual basis."

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