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Hermeus

Corporate PAC FEC C00823575

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$45K
Company lobbying, all issues $808K

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

Hermeus reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 1 outside firm. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Defense8 of 88/8
  • Aerospace7 of 87/8
  • Aviation/Airlines/Airports7 of 87/8
  • Government Issues7 of 87/8
  • Science/Technology7 of 87/8
Transportation 7 of 8 · Show all 6
  • Transportation7 of 87/8

From the filings

“Lobbied the Office of Management and Budget for help with FAA and aviation test ranges H.R. 4710: SAM Act. Lobbied in support of this Act and to add language allowing a boom to touch the ground. Lobbied for FAA to grant waiver for an experimental drone to fly in the national airspace.”
Q1 2026 filing · Transportation
“Research and development funding for an unmanned hypersonic aircraft in the FY 2027 House and Senate Defense Appropriations Bills.”
Q3 2026 filing · Defense

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Air Force
  • DefenseDOD
  • Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA
  • TransportationDOT
  • Natl Security CouncilNSC
  • Office of Science & Technology PolicyOSTP
  • Natl Aeronautics & Space AdministrationNASA
  • Navy
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • Office of the Secretary of Defense
  • 3 more

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in 7 of 8.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Hermeus, 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 16 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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