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Latest News in Aerospace & Defense
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September 12, 2025
FAA Suggests $3.1M Boeing Fine For 2024 Door-Plug Blowout
The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed fining Boeing over $3.1 million for safety violations, including some related to the midair door-plug blowout on a 737 Max 9 jet operated by Alaska Airlines in 2024, according to an announcement made Friday.
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September 12, 2025
DOJ Says States Can't Reverse Grant Cuts In OMB Reg Fight
The Trump administration urged a Massachusetts federal judge to throw out a suit brought by a score of states accusing it of misinterpreting an Office of Management and Budget regulation to slash thousands of grants, arguing they must seek relief in another forum.
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September 12, 2025
Builders Urge 11th Circ. To Block Biden's EO Labor Mandate
An association of builders on Friday urged the Eleventh Circuit to block a Biden administration executive order requiring labor agreements for all federal contracts exceeding $35 million, arguing the order will cause irreparable harm by increasing costs and reducing competition in the construction industry.
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September 12, 2025
Feds Back Chevron And Exxon In High Court Pollution Case
The Trump administration has backed Chevron and Exxon's U.S. Supreme Court bid to overturn a ruling that Louisiana courts should hear pollution lawsuits stemming from the companies' World War II-era oil production, saying their work clearly puts the litigation in federal court.
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September 12, 2025
Chem Industry's Goals For Toxic Substance Law Face Hurdles
The chemical industry is pushing to overhaul a federal toxic substances law to accelerate the approval of new products, but narrow party margins in Congress, compromises built into the law and environmental groups' opposition weigh heavily against them.

Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Federal Aviation Administration
- NASA
- National Security Agency
- Transportation Security Administration
- International defense and security regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- False Claims Act
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
- International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
- Changes in military procedure
- Defense appropriations bills
- Defense and aerospace lobbying
- ENFORCEMENT
- Government contract debarments
- Defense contractor fraud actions
- Export control actions
- LITIGATION
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- Breach of contract suits
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- International trade disputes
- Intellectual property suits
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- PROFILES
- Lateral hires in aerospace and defense practices
- Personnel changes and appointments at the Defense and Homeland Security departments
- Profiles of aerospace and defense practices
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