Lobbying

Aar AIR's latest lobbying report covers Q2 2026, at $350K. The four quarters Q4 2025–Q3 2026 total $1.7M. Its first report covers Q4 2022; the issues it reports most are Defense and Government Issues.

Latest quarter
No record
Q3 2026 · 0 reports
Last 12 months
$1.7M
Last 4 quarters
vs last quarter
−100.0%
Q3 2026 against the quarter before
First report
Q4 2022
The first quarter a report named it

Lobbying by quarter

Aar lobbying by quarter
Aar lobbying by quarter
QuarterAmountReports
Q4 2022$300K3
Q1 2023$280K3
Q2 2023$310K3
Q3 2023$330K3
Q4 2023$370K3
Q1 2024$270K3
Q2 2024$210K3
Q3 2024$240K2
Q4 2024$310K2
Q1 2025$230K2
Q2 2025$300K2
Q3 2025$370K2
Q4 2025$540K2
Q1 2026$830K2
Q2 2026$350K2
Q3 2026$00

By issue

  • Defense$1.4M · 30 reports
  • Government issues$1.1M · 15 reports
  • Housing$1.1M · 15 reports
  • Transportation$975K · 14 reports
  • Aerospace$270K · 15 reports
  • Aviation and airlines$155K · 7 reports
  • Budget and appropriations$155K · 7 reports

An issue's amount splits each report's amount equally over the issues the report lists.

Who was lobbied

  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES30 reports
  • SENATE30 reports
  • Defense, Dept of (DOD)7 reports
  • State, Dept of (DOS)6 reports

Firms it paid

Firm
In-houseAar$4.4M15 quarters
Perspective Strategies$540K15 quarters
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Dba Taft Advisors LLC Fka (Taft, Stettinius & Ho$310K7 quarters

Former officials lobbying for it

Former position
STEPHEN AARON jrSenate Environment and Public Works CommitteeQ2 2026
GRAHAM YOUNG HILLStaff Director & Sr. Counsel, House Transportation & InfrastructureQ2 2024
CLAYTON HEILDep. Staff Dir & General Counsel, Senate AppropriationsQ1 2023

Lobbying reports

Filed by
07/20for Q2In-house$300K
07/11for Q2Perspective Strategies$50K
05/04for Q1Perspective Strategies$50K
04/20for Q4 2025In-house$490K
04/20for Q1In-house$780K
01/20for Q4 2025In-house$330K
01/07for Q4 2025Perspective Strategies$50K
25/10/19for Q3 2025Perspective Strategies$40K
25/10/17for Q3 2025In-house$330K
25/07/21for Q2 2025In-house$260K
25/07/14for Q2 2025Perspective Strategies$40K
25/04/18for Q1 2025In-house$190K
25/04/11for Q1 2025Perspective Strategies$40K
25/02/07for Q4 2024Perspective Strategies$30K
25/01/16for Q4 2024In-house$280K
24/11/12for Q3 2024Perspective Strategies$30K
24/10/21for Q3 2024In-house$210K
24/08/16for Q2 2024Perspective Strategies$30K
24/07/22for Q2 2024Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Dba Taft Advisors LLC Fka (Taft, Stettinius & Ho$10K
24/07/22for Q2 2024Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Dba Taft Advisors LLC Fka (Taft, Stettinius & HoUnder $5,000