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Latest News in Aerospace & Defense

  • July 28, 2025

    Cadence To Pay $140M For Illegal Chip Design Exports To China

    Semiconductor technology company Cadence Design Systems agreed to pay over $140 million and plead guilty to criminal conspiracy to commit export control violations to resolve charges that it exported semiconductor design tools to a restricted Chinese military university, U.S. Department of Justice officials announced Monday.

  • July 28, 2025

    Amazon Says Geostationary Satellites Causing Interference

    Amazon is asking the Federal Communications Commission to stop authorizing new geostationary satellite operators in the non-geostationary satellite primary bands, complaining that geostationary operators are haphazardly using the spectrum designated for operators like Amazon's planned Kuiper constellation and causing interference.

  • July 28, 2025

    Judge Won't Toss Siemens' $3M Suit Over Contract Bid Costs

    A Court of Federal Claims judge won't dismiss a Siemens unit's lawsuit seeking nearly $3 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for costs it incurred preparing a bid for an energy savings project at an American Air Force base in Germany that was later canceled.

  • July 28, 2025

    Midband Spectrum Set-Aside Needed For Telemetry, FCC Told

    As the Federal Communications Commission considers shutting down more than 2,000 regulatory dockets that have become dormant, it shouldn't have its eye on a rulemaking aimed at setting aside midband airways for the aeronautical mobile telemetry, a defense contractor says.

  • July 28, 2025

    Ex-Nurse's VA Negligence Case Doubted By Seattle Judge

    A Seattle federal judge appeared unconvinced on Monday that a U.S. Navy veteran had proven substandard psychiatric care caused a psychotic episode that led to her stabbing her mother, suggesting key allegations aren't backed by testimony as a bench trial wrapped in her case targeting a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs doctor. 

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