The aerospace and defense industry now encompasses major hardware systems, communications, electronics and technical support services. McKenna Long & Aldridge attorneys have provided legal services to some of the largest and fastest growing companies in the aerospace, electronics, and information technology fields: names such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, SAIC, and TRW. And, with MLA's forty years of experience in government contracts law, we believe we are at the forefront in helping high technology firms navigate through the new Homeland Security environment.
MLA attorneys have extensive knowledge of government procurement law, including actions under the False Claims Act, bid protests, product liability issues involving the "government contractor defense," subcontract disputes and contract claim and termination issues. Our case work also involves issues of alleged defective pricing, cost assignment and recovery, as well as various technology matters, including software design and development, system engineering, test and inspection, quality assurance and configuration management.
Our attorneys are active members of groups such as the National Contract Management Association, the American Bar Association's Commercial Products and Services Committee, the Council of Defense and Space Industry Associations, the National Defense Industries Association, the Association for Competitive Technology, and the Northern Virginia Technology Council.
MLA attorneys bring their experience in the technology and contracts world to bear by lecturing at institutions such as the University of Virginia, the George Washington University, and Johns Hopkins University. Members of our team are also frequent authors, writing for such publications as Fundamentals in Government Contracting, Civilian Agency Procurement, Federal Publications' Briefing Papers, The Government Contractor and Contract Management.
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Our attorneys are also experienced in government contracts and international projects, and handle cases involving the Defense Security Assistance Agency (DSAA) and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) credits.