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Defense and Aerospace Policy

Defense and Aerospace Policy brings together reviewed filings coded for national defense, aerospace and space systems, or civil aviation. It was selected because those categories connect three organizations in the initial collection and provide a clear concentration pattern to examine. Boeing accounts for most matched filings, while Amazon and Microsoft show that the issue group is broader than a single aerospace manufacturer.

Data retrieved through Sep 4, 2026 · Content reviewed Sep 4, 2026

Editorial illustration representing defense and aerospace policy.

Gov Influence analytical brief

Bottom-line assessment

Gov Influence assessmentModerate confidence

Defense and Aerospace Policy filing activity was concentrated in Boeing within the reviewed collection.

34 retained filings matched this issue group. Boeing had the largest count at 24 (71%), and 3 organizations appeared in both quarters.

Evidence and reasoning

Reasoning: Gov Influence uses a transparent majority threshold: one organization must account for at least 50% of matched filings for the pattern to be called concentrated. The leading share is 71%; recurrence across both comparable quarters helps distinguish a sustained collection pattern from a single-quarter cluster. These measures describe filing distribution, not political importance, position, effort, or influence.

Scope: 2026 Q1–Q2, within the reviewed Gov Influence collection for Defense and Aerospace Policy.

Other plausible interpretation

  • Quarterly filing cadence, organization reporting structure, and the breadth of the official issue codes may shape the distribution; the selected six-organization, two-quarter collection does not establish a longer-term or Washington-wide pattern.

Method: issue-profile-assessment-v1

Editorial review: Gov Influence editorial review; Sep 8, 2026

Treat the figures as measures of activity in the matched filings; the code or source wording does not establish a policy position or outcome.

Why this matters

What the pattern adds to the record

Boeing supplies the largest share of matched activity, and all three represented organizations appear in both quarters, producing a concentrated but recurring issue pattern.

Supporting analysis

Key findings

Calculated from recordsHigh confidence

Defense and Aerospace Policy combines 3 distinct official issue codes while preserving their original filing language.

Code-level filing counts are DEF: 24; AER: 10; AVI: 16. These counts can overlap within one filing, and 18 matched filings also appear in another reviewed issue group.

Evidence and reasoning

Reasoning: Each official code is counted separately when it appears in a retained filing, so code totals and normalized issue groups may overlap. Original descriptions provide narrower subject detail, but neither a broad code nor specific wording establishes support, opposition, priority, or policy effect.

Scope: 2026 Q1–Q2, within the reviewed Gov Influence collection for Defense and Aerospace Policy.

Method: issue-code-language-v1

Editorial review: Gov Influence editorial review; Sep 8, 2026

Calculated from recordsHigh confidence

3 reviewed organizations account for the 34 matched filings on this issue page.

Boeing: 24; Microsoft: 8; Amazon: 2.

Evidence and reasoning

Reasoning: The calculation assigns each matched canonical filing to its reviewed organization identity, then orders counts by filing frequency with an alphabetical tie break. It is a distribution measure within the selected collection, not an influence score, sector ranking, or statement about a subject's political importance.

Scope: 2026 Q1–Q2, within the reviewed Gov Influence collection for Defense and Aerospace Policy.

Method: issue-organization-distribution-v1

Editorial review: Gov Influence editorial review; Sep 8, 2026

Calculated from recordsHigh confidence

Defense and Aerospace Policy had the same matched filing count in both reviewed quarters.

2026-Q1: 17 filings from 3 organizations; 2026-Q2: 17 filings from 3 organizations.

Evidence and reasoning

Reasoning: Each canonical filing is counted once within this issue group when at least one activity carries an included official code. Comparing the same selected organizations and adjacent reporting quarters measures filing frequency only; it does not establish increasing or decreasing political importance, effort, or effect.

Scope: 2026 Q1–Q2, within the reviewed Gov Influence collection for Defense and Aerospace Policy.

Method: issue-quarter-comparison-v1

Editorial review: Gov Influence editorial review; Sep 8, 2026

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Calculated from recordsHigh confidence

3 organizations recur across both quarters, and 14 reviewed outside firms appear in the matched filings.

Recurring organizations: Boeing, Microsoft, Amazon. Outside-firm counts use approved registrant identities and their supporting canonical filings.

Evidence and reasoning

Reasoning: An organization is counted as recurring only when at least one matched canonical filing appears in each quarter. A firm is counted only when a matched filing carries an approved outside-firm registrant identity and client relationship. Recurrence and disclosed firm-client structure do not establish coordination, access, position, or results.

Scope: 2026 Q1–Q2, within the reviewed Gov Influence collection for Defense and Aerospace Policy.

Method: issue-recurrence-relationships-v1

Editorial review: Gov Influence editorial review; Sep 8, 2026

Focused starting collection

Why this is in the initial collection

This issue offers the clearest concentrated pattern in the starting collection and a useful path across organizations, outside firms, and selected legislation. The DEF, AER, and AVI codes remain visible so visitors can distinguish national defense, aerospace, and civil aviation rather than treating them as interchangeable. The group also provides the strongest current example of how a filing subject can connect to bill context without proving a lobbying outcome.

What this edition covers: The comparison counts retained Q1 and Q2 2026 filings from the selected organizations when at least one activity uses DEF, AER, or AVI.

Questions this page helps answer

  • Where is the filing activity concentrated?
  • How do defense, aerospace, and aviation differ?
  • Which firms and bills connect to the issue?
Site calculation

How the matched filings compare by quarter

Each retained filing is counted once on this issue page even when it carries more than one included code.

Matched organizations and filings during 2026 Q1 and 2026 Q2
Reporting quarterOrganizationsFilings
2026 Q1317
2026 Q2317

18 of this page’s 34 filing matches also appear in at least one other issue group. A filing can report several official codes, so issue totals must not be added as if they were unique records.

How the selected organizations compare

This comparison counts filing matches within the six-organization collection. Longer bars mean more matched filings here, not more influence or policy importance.

Matched filing count by organization during 2026 Q1 and 2026 Q2
Amazon2
Boeing24
Microsoft8
Exact matched filing counts
OrganizationTotal2026 Q12026 Q2
Amazon211
Boeing241212
Microsoft844
Show separately reported amount context for these filing matches

Amounts apply to whole organization filings, which can cover matters outside this issue group. Self-reported expenses and outside-firm income have different reporting bases and are never added together.

Filing-level amount context, kept separate by reporting basis
OrganizationQuarterFilingsSelf-reported expensesOutside-firm income
Amazon2026-Q11$4,380,000no applicable records
Amazon2026-Q21$4,360,000no applicable records
Boeing2026-Q112$2,450,000$510,000
Boeing2026-Q212$2,770,000 (partial)$500,000 (partial)
Microsoft2026-Q14$2,390,000$180,000
Microsoft2026-Q24$2,690,000$180,000

Reviewed filing relationships

Outside firms appearing with this issue

These profiles appear because a retained filing uses this issue group's reviewed official code and identifies the firm's approved LDA registrant ID. A shared code does not establish a policy position, coordination, or effect.

Context, not causation

Why these records and guides are connected

Organization links come from this issue group’s reviewed filing codes. Bill links require an explicit matched-activity reference, a separately approved subject link, or a reviewed classification based on the bill’s official title, policy area, or subjects. None of these connections proves influence, support, opposition, or effect.

Organizations represented in the matched filings

Reviewed code match

See Amazon’s reviewed lobbying profile

2 retained filings from 2026 Q1 and 2026 Q2 use at least one code in this issue group. That count does not establish a policy position or outcome.

Reviewed code match

See Boeing’s reviewed lobbying profile

24 retained filings from 2026 Q1 and 2026 Q2 use at least one code in this issue group. That count does not establish a policy position or outcome.

Selected bills with a reviewed reason to appear

Legislative context

Explore why HR 3838 appears with this issue

An existing approved subject-reference record connects this bill to an organization represented on this issue page. This is a record connection, not a causal claim.

Show the source records for this connection

Legislative context

Explore why S 933 appears with this issue

4 matched filings explicitly name this bill in original source wording. This is a record connection, not a causal claim.

Show the source records for this connection

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Lobbying disclosure

Official code mapping and original source wording

The summary above uses broad official Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) categories. Open these details to inspect the full mapping and examples in the filer’s own words.

Show all included codes and the classification boundary

A normalized Gov Influence group for reviewed filings that use at least one of the official LDA codes DEF, AER, or AVI. The normalized name is an editorial navigation label; the filing keeps its original code, label, and description.

Official source codes included in this issue group
Code and official labelPlain distinctionOrganizationsFilingsActivities
DEF — DefenseDefense records32424
AER — AerospaceAerospace records11010
AVI — Aviation/Airlines/AirportsAviation, airlines, and airports records21616

Included

  • Include a retained filing once when any activity reports DEF, AER, or AVI.
  • Count matching activities under each source code so DEF, AER, and AVI remain distinguishable.

Excluded

  • Do not include a filing solely because it mentions government, procurement, manufacturing, or transportation.
  • Generic descriptions such as “government issues” or “business matters” are too broad without a reviewed DEF, AER, or AVI activity.

Classification method: Only filings carrying the reviewed Defense, Aerospace, or Aviation/Airlines/Airports LDA issue codes enter this grouping.

Read representative original filing descriptions

One reproducible example is selected for each included code by organization name and filing ID. The examples preserve source wording and are not a ranking.

DEF · Amazon · 2026 Q2

Issues related to technology, procurement, and space policy, including the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800), the FoRGED Act (S. 5618), and implementation of the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 119-60).

AER · Boeing · 2026 Q1

Education and outreach regarding original equipment manufacturers, advancement of production standards, Federal Aviation Administration infrastructure and operations, and aviation safety legislation.

AVI · Amazon · 2026 Q2

Issues related to drones and air cargo, including implementation of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2024 (P.L. 118-63).

Sources and interpretation

What this page cannot show

  • Whether an organization supported or opposed a defense, aerospace, or aviation proposal.
  • Whether reported activity changed a procurement, military, space, or aviation decision.
  • Activity outside the six selected organizations or outside Q1–Q2 2026.
  • Code matches, descriptions, timing, organizations, reported amounts, and bill references do not establish influence, coordination, motive, wrongdoing, or causation.
Show all 34 matched source records