Defense / Military-Industrial
Lockheed Martin, Boeing, RTX, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, BAE Systems, and the revolving door between the Pentagon and the contractors.
Tracked PAC receipts
$626,308
Tracked PAC giving
$4,506,090
Independent expenditures
$242,500
LDA lobbying spend
$156,113,770
How money flowed in this sector
IDonors put $626K into 10 sector PACs tracked here, led by General Dynamics Corporation PAC, EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC (ENGPAC), DEMOCRACY DEFENSE FUND.
IIThose PACs spent $5M supporting candidates and on independent expenditures, with the top tracked recipients being DSCC, NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE-LEGAL FUND, Kamala Harris.
IIISector PACs and clients took documented positions on 10 policy outcomes, including AUKUS Implementation Legislation; FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act; National Defense Authorization Act FY2024 (H.R.2670).
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Top sector PACs (by tracked giving)
| # | Name | Tracked $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Dynamics Corporation PACpac | $2M |
| 2 | EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC (ENGPAC)pac | $764K |
| 3 | DEMOCRACY DEFENSE FUNDpac | $594K |
| 4 | L3HARRIS CORPORATION PACpac | $354K |
| 5 | THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEpac | $291K |
| 6 | KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION Cpac | $157K |
| 7 | WHITNEY FOX VICTORY FUNDpac | $148K |
| 8 | ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ANDURIL PAC)pac | $138K |
| 9 | AMERICAN DEFENSE AND MILITARY PACpac | $130K |
| 10 | L3Harris Technologies PACpac | $82K |
Top donors to sector PACs
| # | Name | Tracked $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABDUL-WAHAB, ANDREWpac | $223K |
| 2 | RAMSEY, HERSCHELperson | $13K |
| 3 | Palmer, Gary J.person | $10K |
| 4 | Brian Schimpfperson | $10K |
| 5 | Matthew Grimmperson | $10K |
| 6 | Matthew Steckmanperson | $10K |
| 7 | HARRIS, WILLIAM H SRperson | $10K |
| 8 | HEARST, MARGARETperson | $10K |
| 9 | Michael Smithperson | $9K |
| 10 | PIERNOT, RICHARDperson | $6K |
Top recipients of sector PAC spending
| # | Name | Tracked $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DSCCpac | $613K |
| 2 | NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE-LEGAL FUNDpac | $300K |
| 3 | Kamala Harrisperson | $243K |
| 4 | NEW YORK STATE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE (NON-FEDERAL CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT)pac | $165K |
| 5 | DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUNDpac | $150K |
| 6 | DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF FLORIDA - FEDERALpac | $148K |
| 7 | Harada International Law Officeorganization | $125K |
| 8 | DCCCorganization | $105K |
| 9 | Democratic Governors' Association (Dga)organization | $90K |
| 10 | NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEEorganization | $45K |
Policy outcomes the sector touched
| # | Outcome | Positions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AUKUS Implementation Legislation legislation · enacted | 13 |
| 2 | FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act legislation · enacted | 12 |
| 3 | National Defense Authorization Act FY2024 (H.R.2670) legislation · enacted | 11 |
| 4 | Ukraine Security Assistance Supplemental legislation · enacted | 8 |
| 5 | Freedom of Information Act regulation · introduced | 6 |
| 6 | DoD Discharge Appeal Review Board regulation · introduced | 6 |
| 7 | Medical Billing for Healthcare Services Provided by Department of Defense Milita regulation · introduced | 6 |
| 8 | Export Control Revisions for Australia, United Kingdom, United States (AUKUS) En regulation · introduced · amended | 6 |
| 9 | International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Exemption for Defense Trade and Coope regulation · introduced | 6 |
| 10 | Export Control Revisions for Australia, United Kingdom, United States (AUKUS) En regulation · introduced | 6 |
Methodology
Industry-level totals are computed by summing donations and lobbying filings where the donor, recipient, or client is tagged with the defense sector. Numbers reflect QPQ-tracked totals only and may understate the official FEC cycle totals where the inflow ingest is incomplete. Click any entity to see its full profile with the breakdown of tracked vs FEC cycle totals.