• Advocacy for autonomous aerostats for U.S. border protection and DoD capability sets in FY25 budget
• Advocacy for autonomous aerostats for U.S. border protection and DoD capability sets in FY24 & 25 budget

Duration: November 15, 2020 to present

General Issues: Aerospace, Defense, Homeland Security, Agriculture, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Science/Technology, Telecommunications

Spending: about $110,000 (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 2020: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Defense - Dept of (DOD)

Related Foreign Entities: SoftBank Group Corp. (Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-7303, JPN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 31%; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8215, JPN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 5%; Suhail Bahwan (Sultanate of Oman, OMA); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 5%; Goubau, Alain (Lefaivre, CAN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 4%; RNT Associates International PTE (Singapore , SIN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; Alex Rohde (Thawil, SUI); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 0%; SoftBank Group Corp. (Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-7303, JPN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 5%; Goubau, Alain (Lefaivre, CAN); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 5%