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General Atomics

General Atomics Political Action Committee

Corporate PAC FEC C00215285

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$532K
Company lobbying, all issues $14.5M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the company’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the company’s employees; the company itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

Method

General Atomics reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 9 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Aerospace8 of 88/8
  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Defense8 of 88/8
  • Energy/Nuclear8 of 88/8
  • Foreign Relations8 of 88/8
Homeland Security 8 of 8 · Environment/Superfund 3 of 8 · Show all 7
  • Homeland Security8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund3 of 83/8

Bills named in the filings 36 bills, this period

31 more, 23 named in only one filing · Show all 36

From the filings

“FY27 National Defense Authorization Act (HR 8800 / S 4784) and FY27 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill (HR 9495), provisions related to unmanned aerial systems, counter unmanned aerial acoustic systems, and long range precision fires.”
Q3 2026 filing · Defense
“Budget and appropriations requests related to passive acoustic sensing, long-range fires, and satellite technologies.”
Q3 2026 filing · Defense, Budget/Appropriations, Homeland Security

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Air Force
  • ArmyOther
  • DefenseDOD
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects AgencyDARPA
  • Defense Security Cooperation AgencyDSCA
  • Energy
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • Natl Aeronautics & Space AdministrationNASA
  • Natl Geospatial Intelligence Agency
  • Natl Guard
  • 8 more

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by General Atomics, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 90 sitting members of Congress and 3 other candidates in 2025–26.

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