U.S. Denies Ligado's L-Band Uncompensated Takings Claims
The U.S. is denying Ligado's uncompensated takings allegations related to the company's L-band spectrum rights. In a 34-page answer Monday (docket 1:23-cv-01797) to Ligado's complaint, which was filed in 2023 with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (see 2310130004), the…
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U.S. denied the allegations but didn't provide an affirmative defense. Ligado alleges that DOD is using Ligado spectrum for previously undisclosed systems without compensating the company, and red flags that DOD raised about possible GPS interference from Ligado spectrum use were a pretext to cover that up. The court in November partially upheld Ligado's suit in response to a U.S. motion to dismiss.