Legal Opinion
United States v. Newport News Shipbuilding, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided August 14, 2003No. CIV.A. 03-142-APublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
At issue on summary judgment in this False Claims Act (FCA) case 1 is whether Newport News Shipbuilding, Inc. (NNS) violated the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by misclassifying as Independent Research and Development (IR & D) approximately $74 million that was allegedly spent in connection "with the design and construction of double-hulled tankers for commercial customers. Resolution of this question requires the interpretation and application of a long-questioned aspect of the FAR’s definition of IR & D, specifically the exclusion from IR & D of…
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