Aerospace & Defense

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Latest News in Aerospace & Defense

  • December 22, 2025

    CACI To Boost Space Strategy With $2.6B ARKA Buy

    CACI International announced Monday that it plans to acquire aerospace and defense company ARKA Group for $2.6 billion from Blackstone's opportunistic investment arm to boost its space strategy in a deal advised by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.

  • December 22, 2025

    Trump Admin Adds Drones To Nat'l Security Threat List

    The Federal Communications Commission on Monday deemed new foreign-made drones an unacceptable risk to the national security and safety of the country.

  • December 22, 2025

    Delta Pilots Lose Military Leave Class Cert. Bid In 'Close Call'

    A Georgia federal judge on Monday denied a class certification bid by Delta pilots claiming they were denied military leave, noting the absence of a named plaintiff to serve as class representative.

  • December 22, 2025

    Top Gov't Contracts Cases Of 2025

    The Federal Circuit and U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled on several consequential issues impacting government contractors this year, including deciding who constitutes an "interested party" capable of lodging a bid protest and invalidating a settlement between the Pentagon and one of its major contractors. Here, Law360 reviews the top government contracts-related rulings in 2025.

  • December 22, 2025

    Black & Decker Sells Aerospace Biz To Howmet For $1.8B

    Howmet Aerospace Inc. will buy Stanley Black & Decker Inc.'s aerospace and defense manufacturing business group in an all-cash deal for $1.8 billion, the companies announced Monday.

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