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DOJ Continues Increased Cybersecurity Enforcement: Honeywell Aerospace Agrees to $2M FCA Settlement for Cybersecurity Noncompliance on DoW Contracts
By Edwin O. Childs, Michael J. Podberesky, Brett Barnett, Abram J. Pafford, Jack White, John S. Moran, Sophie Marsh, Jason M. Vespoli, Léa Dickinson, John Sullivan, Joshua Davis
On September 1, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a $2,042,518 False Claims Act (“FCA”) settlement with Honeywell Aerospace Inc. (“Honeywell Aerospace” or “Honeywell” or “the company”), resolving…
Inside Government Contracts
Right to Repair or Rewrite of DoW Data Rights? Five Questions for Defense Contractors
By Robert Huffman, Elizabeth Witwer, Stephanie Barna, Nooree Lee, Brooke Stanley, Michael Pierce
Congress is considering so-called “right to repair” legislation that could produce one of the most consequential changes to Department of War (“DoW”) intellectual property rights in decades. Provisions advanced during…
Inside Government Contracts
CMMC Reform Task Force Updates September 2026
By Susan B. Cassidy, Ryan Burnette, Darby Rourick
Several months into the Department of War’s (DoW) suspension of the next phase of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program, contractors are continuing to navigate uncertainty relating to the…
McCarter & English, LLP
DFARS Workshop
This one-day concentrated course on the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) enables attendees to better understand the structure and content of the DFARS and how it relates to the…
Government Contracts Law
Meet George Jetson’s Government Contractor: 3D Printing, CUI, and Who Owns the Recipe
By Alex Major, Franklin Turner
I’m totally aging myself (due to reruns) but The Jetsons (created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (1962-63)), promised us a future where you pushed a button and the “Food-a-Rac-a-Cycle,”…
SmallGovCon
BREAKING: Department of War Suspends Introduction of Phase Two of CMMC
By John Holtz
Last year, we noted in a couple posts that the federal government had finally began implementation of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program. Apparently, however, the government has concluded…
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DOJ Reaches $507,144 Settlement with Defense Contractor, Signals Increased FCA Scrutiny of Cybersecurity Self-Assessments
By Kristin Graham Koehler, Jaime L.M. Jones, H. Boyd Greene IV, Kenneth G. Coffin, David Lashway, Anna M. Schmitt
On June 18, 2026, DOJ announced a settlement with LOGZONE Inc., a defense contractor, to pay $507,144 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act through its failure…
Cleary Foreign Investment and International Trade Watch
DoD Proposes Expanding Foreign Ownership Screening Beyond Classified Contracts
By Chase D. Kaniecki, B.J. Altvater, Ryan Brown
On May 7, 2026, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) published a proposed rule (the Proposed Rule) that would, for the first time, require companies performing unclassified work for DoD…
Inside Government Contracts
Indirect Doesn’t Mean Exempt: ASBCA Rejects Cross‑Motions Over U.S.-Flag Transportation Costs
By Elizabeth Witwer, Peter Terenzio, Homer La Rue
The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals’ (ASBCA) decision in Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., ASBCA No. 63621, reinforces a critical principle for government contractors: contract performance requirements operate independently of…
Government Contracts
The Defense Department’s Cybersecurity Requirements Go Live
By Bob Loblaw
Key point: Beginning November 10, 2025, DoD contracting officers will begin adding Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) requirements to solicitations, and contracting officers “shall not award a contract, task order,…