Federal Claims Court dismisses SpaceX LSA challenge on lack of jurisdiction

By Courtney Albon / September 4, 2019 at 11:14 AM
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has dismissed SpaceX's challenge of the Air Force's Launch Services Agreement award decision, finding the company's complaint does not fall within its jurisdiction and directing the case to be transferred to a California District Court. In a decision released publicly last week , the court sided with the Air Force in its argument that because the LSA awards were not procurement contracts, the Federal Claims Court lacks jurisdiction to consider SpaceX's complaint that the...

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