Pentagon contracts

GE Aerospace: $19.00B in Pentagon contracts

GE Aerospace ranks 17 of 35 on this page by Department of Defense contract dollars in FY2021–26.

$19.00B

Pentagon contracts, FY2021–26

obligations, all subsidiaries listed below

$19.91B

All federal contracts, FY2021–26

every agency, Pentagon included

$1.9M

PAC to candidates, 2019–26

House and Senate candidates on the ballot

$22M

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$2.94B
FY2022$2.76B
FY2023$4.37B
FY2024$2.86B
FY2025$3.79B
FY2026$2.27B

What its PAC gave

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

2025–2663% to Republicans, 37% to Democrats · PAC page$358K
2023–2461% to Republicans, 39% to Democrats · PAC page$248K
2021–2239% to Republicans, 61% to Democrats · PAC page$447K
2019–2049% to Republicans, 51% to Democrats · PAC page$896K

What it spent lobbying

Filed as GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS GE AVIATION); GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (FKA GE AVIATION).

$22M in 2021–26. Yellow bars are election years. 2026 covers the quarters filed so far.

Who its PAC funded most, 2025–26

51% of its $358K in checks went to members of the committees that set defense spending (highlighted). The other big PACs sent 16% to the same members.

Adam SmithWA-09House Armed Services (ranking member)$10,000
Chris CoonsDE-SENSenate Appropriations, Defense (ranking member)$10,000
Cindy Hyde-SmithMS-SENSenate Appropriations, Defense$10,000
Dale StrongAL-05$10,000
Hakeem JeffriesNY-08$10,000
Hal RogersKY-05House Appropriations, Defense$10,000
Jon HustedOH-SEN-SPECIAL$10,000
Joseph MorelleNY-25House Appropriations, Defense$10,000
Ken CalvertCA-40House Appropriations, Defense (chair)$10,000
Mike RogersAL-03House Armed Services (chair)$10,000
Nick LaLotaNY-01$10,000
Richard NealMA-01$10,000

Share to defense committees: 51%.

Former government officials lobbying for it

6 lobbyists in Senate filings who list GE Aerospace as a client reported an earlier job in Congress or the executive branch.

Joseph BrownFormer congressional staff
Sr Prof Staff (EPW Comm Maj/Sen. Moore Capito); Prof Staff (EPW Comm Min/Ranking Mem Sen. Moore Capito); Leg Asst (Sen. Boozman); Maj Leg Asst (EPW Comm Maj/… · worked for John Boozman, James Inhofe
Reported clients: Elevance Health, INC. (Pharma and health care), Chevron U.S.A., INC. (Oil, gas and coal), Archer Daniels Midland Company (Agriculture, food and retail), Meta Platforms, INC. (Tech and AI) and 8 more · via Mehlman Consulting, INC.
Robert ChamberlinFormer congressional staff
Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Assistant Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committ…
Reported clients: Microsoft Corporation (Tech and AI), Meta Platforms, INC. (Tech and AI), Charter Communications Operating, LLC (Telecom and media), Association For Unmanned Vehicles Systems Intl. and 6 more · via Elevate Government Affairs, LLC
Samuel WhitehornFormer congressional staff
Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Assistant Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Reported clients: Microsoft Corporation (Tech and AI), Meta Platforms, INC. (Tech and AI), Charter Communications Operating, LLC (Telecom and media), Association For Unmanned Vehicles Systems Intl. and 5 more · via Elevate Government Affairs, LLC
Steven SchultzFormer congressional staff
Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, Senior Legislative Assistant, and Legislative Counsel for the office of Rep. Dona…
Reported clients: Association For Unmanned Vehicles Systems Intl., General Electric Company, General Motors LLC (Agriculture, food and retail) · via Elevate Government Affairs, LLC
Bret ManleyFormer congressional staff
Chief of Staff, Rep. Rodney Davis 19-22; Chief of Staff, Rep. Jeff Denham 17-18; Legislative Director, Rep. Jeff Denham 11-17; Financial Services Policy Advi… · worked for Rodney Davis, Jeff Denham, Gary Miller
Reported clients: Microsoft Corporation (Tech and AI), General Electric Company · via Elevate Government Affairs, LLC
Kelly LugarFormer executive branch
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Energy.
Reported clients: Microsoft Corporation (Tech and AI), General Electric Company · via Elevate Government Affairs, LLC

Names it receives contracts under

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

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY; GENERAL ELECTRIC CO

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.