Aerospace & Defense

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Latest News in Aerospace & Defense

  • March 09, 2026

    Resilience Planning As Nat'l Security Shifts Tech Import Policy

    In response to a sustained reorientation of U.S. trade policy around national security considerations, businesses reliant on processed critical minerals must closely monitor diplomatic negotiations and the potential expansion of trade measures, incorporating contingency planning into procurement and long-term investment strategies, says attorney Sohan Dasgupta.

  • March 09, 2026

    NY Judge Tosses Terror Victims' Binance Suit, For Now

    A lawsuit against Binance and Changpeng Zhao, its former CEO, brought by the victims of 64 terrorist attacks was dismissed on Friday when a New York federal judge determined that the plaintiffs have not directly linked any wrongdoing by the cryptocurrency exchange to their injuries.

  • March 09, 2026

    How The New Tariff Landscape May Unfold

    To replace tariffs formerly imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the administration will rely on a patchwork of statutes, potentially leading to procedural challenges and a complex tariff landscape with varying levels, durations and applicability, says Joseph Grossman-Trawick at King & Spalding.

  • March 09, 2026

    Justices To Review Guam Munitions Disposal Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a Guam community group's challenge to the U.S. Air Force's bid to explode expired munitions on the island, after a divided Ninth Circuit found the agency should have conducted an environmental review.

  • March 06, 2026

    FCC Looking At Ways To Free Spectrum For New Space Uses

    The Federal Communications Commission wants the companies working on "weird space stuff" to also have access to spectrum, according to the head of the agency, which has proposed a formal proceeding into how to meet the spectrum needs of "emergent space activities."

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