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Three directions the US defense budget could go

DefenseMarch 6, 2024

To forecast the Pentagon’s fiscal 2025 budget is tricky when Congress is still debating the fiscal 2024 version, which is in progress under a...

Tax credit sought by defense industry stuck in Senate limbo

DefenseMarch 4, 2024

Congress is closer than ever to restoring a tax credit the defense industry has lobbied extensively for since it partially expired in 2022. But...

SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 26- March 3)

PatentsMarch 4, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments. Last week we published 6 posts including a post on the PAC Chairperson’s demand for...

Turkey F-16 sale to proceed after Senate vote

DefenseFebruary 29, 2024

The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly voted 13-79 against a resolution that would have blocked a $23 billion F-16 sale to Turkey that the Biden...

How can the Pentagon arm Ukraine amid stalled aid package?

DefenseFebruary 28, 2024

The Pentagon is mulling workarounds to arm Ukraine as the country faces severe ammunition and artillery shortages amid recent Russian advances. But the department...

When Bose wrote to Einstein: the power of diverse thinking – Physics World

QuantumFebruary 27, 2024

In 1924 an Indian physicist called Satyendra Nath Bose wrote to Albert Einstein saying he had solved a problem in quantum physics that had...

Announcing the Inaugural SpicyIP Doctoral Fellow!

PatentsFebruary 27, 2024

Our readers would have noticed that since November 2023, we have been publishing hard hitting, incisive posts by our fantastic two new SpicyIP Student...

FAA commercial human spaceflight regulatory learning period nears expiration

AerospaceFebruary 24, 2024

WASHINGTON — Congress is expected to decide in the next two weeks whether to extend current restrictions on regulating the safety of commercial human...