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Aerospace & Defense - February, 2014

210 articles

• Sens. Vow 'Close Scrutiny' Of NSA Role In Webcam Spying
• DynCorp Gets Ex-Worker's Whistleblower FCA Suit Nixed
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Covington's Christine Haskett
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Knight's Anita Mosner
• Senate Bill Aims To Toughen Contractor Background Checks
• Raytheon Nabs $185M Modification To NASA Satellite Contract
• National Guard Beats $200M Psych Care Contract Row
• Contractor Gets 5 Years For $31M NASA Kickback Scheme
• Navy Plans To Torpedo Contract Prices, Mabus Says
• Update On Intent Standard For Criminal Export Violations
• Intevac Deal Offers A Warning On 'Deemed Export' Rules
• ManTech Shakes Challenge To $16M DCA Contract Award
• A False Sense Of Security From Less Suspension, Debarment
• KBR Beats Protests Over $134M Missile System Contract
• FRCP Discovery Amendments Prove Highly Controversial
• HP Lands $32M DHS Cybersecurity Contract
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Buchalter's Shawn Christianson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Robins Kaplan's Hollis Salzman
• Defense Exports To India, Middle East Booming: Study
• Snowden Docs Show UK Spied On Yahoo Webcam Users
• DefensTech Blasts Ex-Exec For Stealing IP, Saudi Contract
• Raytheon Escapes Majority Of Warhead Trade Secrets Suit
• DOD Health Consolidation Shows Promise, House Hears
• High Court Says Military Can Bar Protestor From Base
• Gov't Seeks To Hold Call Data For More Than 5 Years
• Lean Navy Acquisitions Could Soften Budget Cuts, DOD Says
• Airbus Nabs Radar Contract For South Korean Satellite
• Travelers Bests Northrop Grumman In Cleanup Row
• Calif. Senate Panel OKs Tax Exemption For Space Rockets
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sedgwick's Stephanie Sheridan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Pryor Cashman's Colleen Caden
• High Court Should Reverse 4th Circ.'s Flawed FCA Ruling
• Boeing Wins $2.4B Navy Contract For Poseidon Spy Planes
• BAE Wins Extension From Air Force On Space Radar Work
• IT Acquisition Reform Bill Passes House Vote
• General Dynamics Gets $138M To Staff Army Health Center
• B&W Unit Wins $1.3B Naval Reactors Components Award
• DOD Budget Dominates Senate Questions For Nominees
• The Unstoppable Trailblazer: Judge Shira Scheindlin
• Tech Co. Intevac Settles Claim It Gave Russian Worker Secrets
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dentons' Kara Baysinger
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Winston & Strawn's Joan Fife
• GAO Rule Protects Contractors From Agency Foot-Dragging
• Astrotech Wins Appeal Of Ex-CFO's Derivatives Suit
• CACI Awarded Lead On $497M Army Communications Contract
• Hagel Calls For Cuts To Weapons Programs, Army Size
• Raytheon Wins $123M S. Korean Maritime Defense Contract
• Bankrupt Defense Co. Seeks to End BAE Trade Secrets Row
• Rolls-Royce Wins $90M Marines Engine Contract
• McKeon Wants Defense Bill OK'd Before Midterm Campaigns
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bingham's Debra Fischer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nossaman's Nancy Smith
• DOL Proposes Changes To Reporting Requirements On Vets
• DOD Unveils Contract Restrictions For Tax Dodgers, Felons
• Australia Pays $3.6B For 8 Boeing Poseidon Spy Planes
• Rolls-Royce Wins $182M Air Force Engine Support Contract
• ABA Asks NSA To Explain Attorney-Client Privilege Policies
• Unintended Consequences Of Export Reform At DDTC
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ropes & Gray's Jane Goldstein
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Snell & Wilmer's Barb Dawson
• Law360 Aerospace & Defense Editorial Advisory Board
• NSA Spying Leaves Law Firms Vulnerable To Litigation
• NSA Phone Dragnet Lawsuits May Keep Old Data Alive
• Sikorsky Wins $110M Navy Aircraft Maintenance Contract
• KBR Accused Of Silencing Whistleblowers
• URS Wins $183M Army Maintenance, Logistics Contracts
• Chevron Billed US For 'Phantom Managers,' Suit Claims
• 4th Circ. Lowers Threshold For Criminal Violations Of ITAR
• DOD Unveils Plan To Clear Spectrum Space For Industry
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Choate's Melissa Tearney
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Littler's Lee Schreter
• Don't Believe That All Gov't Contractors Are Corrupt
• House Republican Backs Navy Unmanned Aircraft Program
• Ex-Contractor Denies Scheme To Send F-35 Docs To Iran
• SAIC Wins $33M Navy Support Services Contract Award
• Military Telecom Contractor Pleads Guilty To Bribery
• BAE Reaches Typhoon Jet Pricing Deal With Saudi Arabia
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe's Mimi Addy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Mary Mullany
• Fed. Circ. Metcalf Ruling — A Major Boost To Contractors
• The Captain Of The Mother Court: Judge Loretta Preska
• Report Of NSA Spying On Mayer Brown Rattles Other Firms
• Marines Air Chief Nominated For Key Defense Advisory Role
• After Investor Clash, AT&T Latest To Detail Gov't Snooping
• US To Keep Tight Sanctions As Iran Talks Continue: Official
• Lawmakers Ask Military For Unfunded Wishlist
• Baker Int'l Lands $838M In Contracts To Help Iraq Buy F-16s
• Fed. Circ. Lets Contractor Seek Damages For Gov't Bungling
• NY Court Restores Wyle's Suit Over $235M Merger
• NSA Drops Claims Over 'Spying On You Since 1952' T-Shirt
• Humvee Maker Accused Of Ripping Off Frame Rail Design
• Cybersecurity Framework Previews Contracting Changes
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kaye Scholer's Lori Leskin
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hirschler's Courtney Paulk
• Couple In $9.7M Defense Contractor Scheme Gets Prison Time
• Honeywell FCA Decision: It's Not About Who Is 'Right'
• Klayman Says NSA Spying May Violate Atty-Client Privilege
• Dutch Navy To Become 1st Buyer Of Thales SCOUT Mk3 Radar
• DC Circ. Revives Epic Navy Sex Discrimination Battle
• EU Trade Deal Dead Unless US Spying Fixed, Lawmakers Say
• Ex-Worker Blasts Raytheon's Rejection Of Kuwaiti OT Law
• Cybersecurity Framework May Impact Many Industries
• General Dynamics Unit Wins Saudi Contract Worth Up To $13B
• Coast Guard Awards $65M To 3 Shipyards To Develop Cutter
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's Bassey
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mitchell Silberberg's Coyoca
• 6 Tips For Creating Effective Trial Graphics
• Group Loses Bid To Speed Up DOJ's Email Spying Disclosure
• NSA Pays EPIC's Fees To Resolve Secret Directive Row
• Data On Intelligence Contractors Spotty, GAO Report Finds
• KBR Fights To Protect Privileged Docs In FCA Suit
• Northrop Wins $200M Air Force GPS Contract
• Army Awarded $110M In Undue Progress Payments, OIG Says
• Lawmakers Say Feds Whitewashed NSA's Tabs On Congress
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Sharton
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Levenfeld's Patti O'Connor
• GAO Won't Award Costs In Robot Contract Bid Protests
• Inside NIST's Final Cybersecurity Framework
• Cybersecurity Framework Key To Calming Breach Backlash
• MPRI Pays $3.2M To Settle Army Overbilling Claims
• Senate Stops Military Pension Cut, Ups Medicare Doc-Fix Pay
• 3 Ways New Minimum Wage Affects Gov't Contractors
• Defense Deputy Skeptical Of Littoral Combat Ship Buys
• White House Unveils Voluntary Cybersecurity Framework
• Rand Paul Brings NSA Phone Dragnet Class Action
• Lockheed Snags $22M Saudi Helicopter Maintenance Contract
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Emilie Ninan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe's Lucinda Low
• Obama Raises Minimum Wage For Gov't Contract Workers
• Lockheed Can't Quash Testimony In $100M Cleanup Suit
• Rolls-Royce, Lockheed Ink $1B Airplane Engine Deal
• Hawker Whistleblowers Contest Discharge Of $2.3B Claims
• Lawmaker Says USIS Whistleblower Might Not Deserve Award
• Md. Bill Aims To Keep NSA Thirsty And Dark
• Obama Warns US Will Continue to Enforce Iran Sanctions
• House Restores Military Pensions, Ups Medicare Doc-Fix Pay
• Justices Urged To Take Up KBR Electrocuted-Soldier Case
• DOD Says It Is Probing Fairness Of F-22 Engine Part Costs
• 6th Circ. Nixes Retrial For Man Who Sold Old Parts To Navy
• Klayman's Internet Spying Claims Fail, NSA Says
• Google Stumps For NSA Reforms, Email-Access Warrants
• KBR, Halliburton Blast FCA Suit From 'Amateur Auditor'
• Bulova Gets Partial Win In $27M Army Contract Protest
• Raytheon Lands $31M S. Korean Missile Production Contract
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ropes & Gray's Laurel FitzPatrick
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Donelson's Donna Fraiche
• Big Defense Gains Little Under New Export Rules
• Contractors Fear Bad Rap In Security Clearance Debate
• 9th Circ., DC Federal Judges Added To Surveillance Court
• Tetra Tech Wins $943M In Gov't Contracts For Enviro Work
• Contractor Liable For $12M Munitions Cleanup, US Says
• US Sailors Seek $1B From Tepco For Radiation Exposure
• Northrop Grumman To Replace Obsolete Parts For B-2 Bomber
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: FordHarrison's Tracey Jaensch
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McManis' Neda Mansoorian
• Secret Court Backs Obama's Changes To NSA Phone Spying
• Defense Cos. Refined Data Policy After Snowden, Study Says
• Lockheed Wants Enviro Cleanup Trial Testimony Tossed
• State Dept. Leaker's Atty Speaks Out After Guilty Plea
• Robert Work Nominated For Deputy Defense Secretary
• France Commits €1B To Upgrading Cybersecurity
• Bombardier Says FCA Suit Over Crashed Plane Parts Can't Fly
• Gov't Scales Back Work For Snowden Background-Check Co.
• Treasury Targets Cos. Worldwide Over Iran Sanctions
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McAndrews' Nabeela Rasheed
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Crowell's Ellen Dwyer
• DOJ To Pay $75M In Honeywell Night Goggle Settlement
• Reps. Float Bill To Safeguard Private Chemical Sites
• DHS Must Improve Border Protection Upgrades, GAO Says
• Cooley Nabs Leading Cybersec Pro From ZwillGen
• Twitter Threatens To Sue US Over Data Request Disclosures
• Lockheed Snags $60M UK Helicopter Maintenance Contract
• Bombardier Wins £1B London Crossrail Contract
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wendel Rosen's Pamela Mintzer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hodgson Russ' Yalamanchili
• New Arms Transfer Policy Will Inform Sales Strategies
• Sen. Coburn Reams Fed Agencies Over Cybersecurity Lapses
• HHS Announces $90M Partnership For Anti-Bioterrorism Drug
• House Homeland Security Committee Backs Cybersecurity Bill
• $2.5B HP Computers Contract Has Big Problems, NASA Says
• Canada Announces Defense Procurement Overhaul
• General Dynamics Gets $520M For Submarine Procurement
• GAO Sustains Motorola Protest Of $2.5M Army Contract
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Taft's Margaret Lawson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frankfurt's Barbara Shiers
• CFIUS Review Of China Deals In US: More, Broader, Stricter
• Army Recruiting Contract Was Rife With Fraud, Sens. Hear
• NSA Spying Likely Swept Up US Reps' Calls, DOJ Says
• Fla. Gov. Includes $325M For Aviation Improvements In Budget
• Marine Base 'Godfather' Cops To Contract Bribery Charges
• Air Force Tells Fed. Circ. Telecom Co. Inflated Lost Profits
• DHS Awards $350M To Northrop For Cybersecurity Support
• US Eyes Loosened Export Rules For Satellites, Electronics
• US To Stay Tough On Iran Sanctions Despite Deal
• Tech Giants Offer New Data On Gov't Spy Requests
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Michelman's Mona Hanna
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Donelson's Linda Klein
• Cybersecurity Will Be Big Compliance Issue For Contractors
• GAO Nixes Protest Over $478M Homeland Security IT Contract
• In-House Counsel Name Client-Friendly Litigators
• DOD, Others Propose New FAR Small Business Regs
• KBR Can't Get Full $13M From Army Contract, Fed. Circ. Says
• L-3 Unit Nets $73M Missile Target Vehicle Contract
• GCs Name Best-Of-The-Best Attys
• Boeing, Honeywell Sponsor Biofuel Project In Abu Dhabi
• US Says Caribbean Co. Planned To Ship Engines To Iran
• Senator Seeks More Oversight Of Afghanistan Aid
• Kratos Defense Shares Spike After $8B Navy Contract Win
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holwell Shuster's Dorit Black
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibbons' Christine Amalfe