Aerospace trade group spent $200,000 to lobby in 1Q

The trade group lobbied on NASA funding and legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration. It also represented its members' stance on security clearance procedures, proposals to overhaul export control rules and legislation designed to address a coming shortage of skilled technical workers.

AIA represents manufacturers of civil aircraft and aircraft components as well as defense contractors. Members include Boeing Co., BAE Systems, Honeywell International Inc., Rockwell Colins Inc. and Lockheed Martin Corp.

Among those registered to lobby for the organization are the group's president and chief executive, Marion Blakey, a former FAA administrator; J.P. Stevens, an aide to former Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio; Sterling Cord, a former staffer on the Senate Armed Services Committee and former aide to Sen. John Warner, R-Va.; Patrick McCartan, a former aide to Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine; and J.J. Gertler, a former staffer on the House Armed Services Committee.

During the first three months of the year, AIA's lobbying efforts were mostly directed to Congress, NASA, the White House, the FAA, the Transportation Security Administration and the departments of Defense, State, Commerce and Transportation.