• FAA funding for the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) grant. Clarity on the FAA grant process and timelines.
• Appropriations request for FY21 funding for FAA Unmanned Autonomous Systems grants. Funding for the FAA designated test sites. Funding for Science and Technology UAS grants including NASA autonomous systems tests. Funding for support due to closure and suspension of test due to COVID19.

Duration: November 1, 2018 to April 16, 2020

General Issues: Transportation, Budget/Appropriations, Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines, Science/Technology

Spending: about $84,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2018: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)