Aerospace & Defense

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Latest News in Aerospace & Defense

  • November 14, 2025

    DOJ Targets North Korean IT Job Fraud, $15M Crypto Heist

    Four United States nationals and one Ukrainian have pled guilty in federal court to scheming with North Korea to help its citizens illegally secure remote information technology jobs with U.S. companies, the Department of Justice said Friday.

  • November 14, 2025

    NextNav Asks FCC To Act Now On GPS Backup Proposal

    Geolocation service provider NextNav is butting heads with an artificial intelligence company at the Federal Communications Commission about whether the agency should act now to establish a spectrum-based alternative to GPS or wait and see how an AI-based alternative works out.

  • November 14, 2025

    Families' 5th Circ. Bid To Void Boeing-DOJ Deal A Long Shot

    Families of victims of the 737 Max 8 crashes have asked the Fifth Circuit to overrule the U.S. Department of Justice's refusal to criminally prosecute Boeing for conspiring to defraud safety regulators, but experts say such a move may be a long shot.

  • November 14, 2025

    Squires Orders Chinese Chip Co. To Prove It's Not A Threat

    U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has mandated that Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. Ltd. explain why its challenge to Micron Technology Inc. patents should proceed, given that the Chinese company has been deemed a national security risk.

  • November 14, 2025

    DHS Aviation Contractor Will Pay $3.9M To Settle FCA Claims

    A Virginia company and its owners will pay $3.9 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that they overcharged the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for aviation contracts, federal prosecutors said Friday.

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