Airborne Data, Inc. v. The United States

The judgment * of the Claims Court is affirmed and the cause is remanded to the Claims Court for further proceedings to determine the quantum of recovery, as stated in the judgment itself.

OPINION

This action is brought to recover damages for breach of an express or implied contract. The appellant ** submitted to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) an alleged trade secret or technology for a novel use of aerial photographs to produce orthophotoquads or photographic maps of selected terrain quadrilaterals. Appellant submitted to USGS an “unsolicited proposal” which disclosed as trade…