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Aerospace Lobbying

Senate LDA filings on Aerospace: registrants disclose expenditures, specific bills, and the chambers or agencies contacted under code AER.

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The verdict

PlainInfluence tracks $56.1M in itemized Aerospace lobbying disclosures across 259 filers, among them CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A., COMCAST CORPORATION, GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION, ranking #40 of 79 tracked issues by spend.

#40
of 79 issues by spend
$56.1M
tracked Aerospace lobbying
259
organizations lobbying
$217K
average per filer

Issue code: AER · 259 organizations lobbying on this issue

Total Lobbying Spend
$56.1M
Organizations
259

Aerospace filing shape

Aerospace (AER) averages $217K per filer across 259 organizations.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. leads this issue's filer table with $142.2M in all-issue lobbying; filings remain spread across 10 named organizations rather than collapsing into one registrant.

The 259 filers on Aerospace provide a structured picture of who is paying to be heard, a trailing public-record indicator for the 118th and 119th Congresses.

Top Spenders

Rank Organization Total Lobbying
#1 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $142.2M
#2 COMCAST CORPORATION $36.1M
#3 GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION $30.9M
#4 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION $29.5M
#5 BOEING $27.9M
#6 RTX CORPORATION AND AFFILIATES $26.8M
#7 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL $22.0M
#8 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION $19.8M
#9 GENERAL ATOMICS $15.1M
#10 DELTA AIR LINES INC $14.5M
#11 PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. $11.9M
#12 TEXTRON INC. $11.6M
#13 PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC $10.5M
#14 LEIDOS, INC. $8.8M
#15 SIEMENS CORPORATION $8.7M
#16 SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. $8.0M
#17 EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC. $7.8M
#18 POET $7.7M
#19 AIRBUS AMERICAS, INC. $7.3M
#20 UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE $6.5M
#21 GROWTH ENERGY $6.0M
#22 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL $6.0M
#23 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS $5.8M
#24 ACCENTURE INC. $5.6M
#25 BLUE ORIGIN, LLC $5.2M
#26 L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. $4.8M
#27 BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC. $3.4M
#28 SIERRA SPACE CORPORATION $3.4M
#29 THE BOEING COMPANY $3.3M
#30 SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION $3.1M
#31 HDR, INC. $3.0M
#32 HAWKEYE 360 $2.8M
#33 SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION $2.7M
#34 HUNTSMAN CORPORATION $2.6M
#35 AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC $2.6M
#36 A16Z CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (F/K/A AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.L.C.) $2.4M
#37 AAR CORP. $2.3M
#38 GENERAL AVIATION MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION $2.3M
#39 VANTOR PARENT INC $2.3M
#40 PLANET LABS PBC $2.1M
#41 AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION $2.1M
#42 ROCKET LAB USA INC. $2.0M
#43 STRATOLAUNCH, LLC $2.0M
#44 BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE (HOLDINGS) USA INC. $2.0M
#45 APPLIED INTUITION, INC. $1.9M
#46 ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA AND ITS AFFILIATES $1.9M
#47 HERMEUS CORPORATION $1.9M
#48 GE AEROSPACE $1.8M
#49 SKYDIO $1.8M
#50 URSA MAJOR TECHNOLOGIES $1.7M

Registrant concentration on Aerospace

Top organizations filing on Aerospace, ranked by all-issue lobbying total from Senate LDA records.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U…$142.2MCOMCAST CORPORATION$36.1MGENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION$30.9MLOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$29.5MBOEING$27.9MRTX CORPORATION AND AFFILIAT…$26.8MHONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL$22.0MNORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION$19.8M
All-issue lobbying total among filers on Aerospace · official public datasets

Source: U.S. Senate Office of Public Records, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings LD-2 quarterly lobbying disclosure filings (issue codes, registrants, expenditures) · 2024 Aggregated from quarterly LD-2 filings for issue code AER; covers 259 registered organizations across the 2023-2024 reporting period. Data current as of August 2026.

Questions on this issue code

How much is spent lobbying on Aerospace?
$56.1M was reported on Aerospace (AER) by 259 organizations in 2023-2024 Senate LDA filings. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. is the top named filer on this code.
Who are the biggest spenders on Aerospace lobbying?
Top filers on Aerospace include CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A., COMCAST CORPORATION, GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION. Rankings use each organization's all-issue lobbying total among registrants that filed on code AER.
How many organizations lobby on Aerospace?
259 organizations filed on Aerospace during the 2023-2024 reporting period.

Data: official public datasets, 2023-2024. Verify filings at lda.senate.gov.