Pentagon contracts

General Atomics: $16.16B in Pentagon contracts

General Atomics ranks 18 of 35 on this page by Department of Defense contract dollars in FY2021–26, and received $17.58B from all federal agencies.

$16.16B

Pentagon contracts, FY2021–26

obligations, all subsidiaries listed below

$17.58B

All federal contracts, FY2021–26

every agency, Pentagon included

$2.0M

PAC to candidates, 2019–26

House and Senate candidates on the ballot

$38M

Lobbying, 2021–26

reported to the Senate

Pentagon contract dollars by fiscal year

Obligations, the money the Pentagon committed in each year ending September 30. A big multiyear award lands in the year it is signed.

FY21

FY22

FY23

FY24

FY25

FY26

FY2021$2.66B
FY2022$2.62B
FY2023$2.72B
FY2024$3.34B
FY2025$2.46B
FY2026$2.36B

What its PAC gave

Checks to House and Senate candidates on the ballot, by election cycle.

2025–2667% to Republicans, 33% to Democrats · PAC page$464K
2023–2463% to Republicans, 37% to Democrats · PAC page$478K
2021–2257% to Republicans, 43% to Democrats · PAC page$434K
2019–2061% to Republicans, 39% to Democrats · PAC page$628K

What it spent lobbying

Filed as GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS; GENERAL ATOMICS; GENERAL ATOMICS ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS.

$38M in 2021–26. Yellow bars are election years. 2026 covers the quarters filed so far.

Who its PAC funded most, 2025–26

58% of its $464K in checks went to members of the committees that set defense spending (highlighted). The other big PACs sent 16% to the same members.

Jay ObernolteCA-23$12,500
Betty McCollumMN-04House Appropriations, Defense (ranking member)$10,000
Bill HagertyTN-SEN$10,000
Brian MastFL-21$10,000
Celeste MaloyUT-03$10,000
Chris CoonsDE-SENSenate Appropriations, Defense (ranking member)$10,000
David ValadaoCA-22House Appropriations, Defense$10,000
Ed CaseHI-01House Appropriations, Defense$10,000
Gregory MeeksNY-05$10,000
Jack BergmanMI-01House Armed Services$10,000
Jim RischID-SEN$10,000
John RutherfordFL-05$10,000

Share to defense committees: 58%.

Former government officials lobbying for it

12 lobbyists in Senate filings who list General Atomics as a client reported an earlier job in Congress or the executive branch.

Alycia FarrellFormer congressional staff
Professional Staff Member, Senate Appropriations Committee
Reported clients: General Atomics, Electromagnetic Systems (Defense contractors), Strategic Marketing Innovations (smi) On Behalf Of Cal Poly Corporation · via Ms. Alycia Farrell
Katherina DimensteinFormer congressional staff
Legislative Assistant for Senator Joni Ernst - March 2016 to January 2017 Legislative Director for Rep. David Schweikert - January 2017 to June 2018 Chief of… · worked for Joni Ernst, David Schweikert
Reported clients: General Atomics (Defense contractors), RTX Corporation And Affiliates (Defense contractors)
Hannah SheaFormer executive branch
Press Secretary - Representative Steve Womack (March 2018 - December 2018); Staff Assistant/Press Assistant - Representative Steve Womack (February 2017 - Ma… · worked for Steve Womack, David Valadao
Reported clients: General Atomics (Defense contractors), Deloitte LLP
Christopher PeaceFormer congressional staff
Legislative Director (January 1999 to October 2000) for Rep. Hobson · worked for David Hobson
Reported clients: General Atomics (Defense contractors), Lockheed Martin Corporation (Defense contractors)
Nora KhalilFormer congressional staff
PSM-House Energy & Water Appropriations Subcommittee (2023-2024); PSM-Senate Energy & Water Appropriations Committee (2020-2023);Associate Administrator for …
Reported clients: General Atomics (Defense contractors), Aerospace Industries Association Of America INC (Defense contractors)
Barton RoperFormer congressional staff
Chief of Staff for Rep. Joe Scarborough - Dec. 1994 to Sep. 2000 · worked for Joe Scarborough
Reported clients: General Atomics (Defense contractors)
Manica NozigliaFormer congressional staff
Legislative Assistant for Senator Mark Warner - Jan. 2009 to June 2013; Military Legislative Assistant for Rep. Jim Moran - June 2013 - Dec. 2014 · worked for Mark Warner, James Moran
Reported clients: General Atomics (Defense contractors)
Evan PolisarFormer congressional staff
Senior Legislative Assistant and Rules Committee Associate for Rep. Alcee Hastings - Aug 2019 to Dec 2020; Communications Director & Senior Legislative Assis… · worked for Alcee Hastings
Reported clients: General Atomics (Defense contractors)
Timothy WolvertonFormer congressional staff
Legislative Director for Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith - (April 2018-December 2024); Senior Policy Advisor for Senator Thad Cochran - (November 2017-March 2018); … · worked for Cindy Hyde-Smith, Thad Cochran
Reported clients: General Atomics (Defense contractors)
Stephen JonesFormer congressional staff
Senate Liaison, Secretary of the Air Force Legislative Liaison, (2023-2024)
Reported clients: General Atomics (Defense contractors)

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Names it receives contracts under

USAspending recipient names counted for this company. Joint ventures with other firms are left out.

GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.; GENERAL ATOMICS; GENERAL ATOMICS AEROTEC SYSTEMS GMBH; GENERAL ATOMICS INTEGRATED INTELLIGENCE, INC.; GENERAL ATOMICS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES CORP; GENERAL ATOMICS SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, LLC

Sources: USAspending.gov: contract obligations by parent company (award types A–D); FEC: PAC contributions to candidates (pas2 bulk files); Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (lda.gov REST API); Committee rosters: the congress-legislators project. Contracts are obligations (money the government committed) in fiscal years ending September 30, summed over each company's own recipient records in USAspending by name, including subsidiaries listed on its page; joint ventures are left out so no contract is counted twice. PAC totals are checks from the company's own PAC to candidates on the ballot, as on this site's PAC pages; a company whose PAC gave under $100,000 in a cycle shows none for that cycle. Lobbying uses the same reconciliation as the Lobbying pages. Committee seats from the congress-legislators project's current roster (119th Congress). Contracts, PAC checks and lobbying are all legal and publicly reported. This page shows them side by side; it does not claim that any gift or lobbying won a contract. Built 2026-11-05.