The Department of Justice (DOJ) plays a role in the space industry primarily through its Aviation, Space & Admiralty Litigation Section, handling legal cases and claims related to space activities, including space launch incidents and representing agencies like NASA in court. Additionally, the Defense, Industrials, and Aerospace Section (DIA) is responsible for civil antitrust enforcement, competition advocacy, and competition policy in the aerospace sector, reviewing mergers and investigating potential violations. The DOJ also focuses on national security aspects related to space, including protecting U.S. advanced technologies from illegal acquisition and use by foreign actors through its National Security Division and Disruptive Technology Strike Force. Key partners include NASA, FAA and other government agencies involved in space activities.
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The Department of Justice and the FCC could require a competitive wholesale MVNO as an antitrust remedy in a large-scale telecommunications merger.
The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed court orders on June 29, 2026 authorizing the seizure of nearly 400 internet domains.
The Gilat acquisition of Comtech’s Satellite & Space Communications division requires approvals from CFIUS, the FTC, and the U.S. Department of Justice under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.
The report recommends a task force made up of Department of Justice and NASA Office of Inspector General officials to scrutinize potential violations of the Wolf Amendment.
The U.S. Justice Department required Keysight to divest Spirent's high-speed ethernet testing, network security testing, and radio frequency channel emulation businesses.
The SpaceX lawsuit seeks dismissal of a Justice Department case filed 2023-08-24 alleging that SpaceX’s hiring practices discriminated against asylees and refugees.
The Justice Department’s 2023-08-24 case was filed with the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer in the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
SpaceX filed a lawsuit on 2023-09-15 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas against several Justice Department officials, including Attorney General Merrick Garland.
The Justice Department's suit argues SpaceX denied employment to asylees and refugees based on the company’s interpretation of export control regulations that limit access to controlled items to U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
The Justice Department requested the court order SpaceX to change its hiring practices and provide fair consideration to applications it previously rejected, including hiring qualified applicants and awarding back pay with interest, and to impose an appropriate civil penalty if warranted.
The Justice Department’s investigation found SpaceX recruiters and high-level officials took actions that discouraged asylees and refugees from seeking work opportunities at the company.
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a suit against SpaceX on 2023-08-24 with the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer in the Executive Office for Immigration Review alleging the company discriminated against asylum seekers and refugees in hiring.
The Department of Defense’s 2022-02-15 report states that when a merger threatens DoD interests, DoD will support the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice in antitrust investigations and recommendations involving the defense industrial base.
McQ has been supplying the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Energy, Department of Justice, and other U.S. government agencies and commercial customers with security and surveillance systems for over 35 years.
In October 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice charged Chinese intelligence officers and their hackers who recruited employees at a French aerospace manufacturing company to introduce malware into the company’s networks to steal trade secrets.
Progressive Democrats support the Justice Department’s effort to take legal action against Alphabet’s Google.
The U.S. Department of Justice required the divestiture of ASC Signal to preserve competition for large satellite ground station antennas for geostationary satellites in the United States.
Communications & Power Industries divested ASC Signal as part of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to allow CPI to acquire General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies.
The Justice Department's complaint identifies CPI and General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies as two of only a few firms that design, manufacture, and sell large geostationary satellite antennas.
The U.S. Department of Justice required Raytheon Technologies to divest its space-based precision optics business before Raytheon could combine with United Technologies Corporation in a merger that closed on 2020-04-03.