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Office of the Secretary of Defense

205 lobbying filings named this agency, 2025 to 2026. Those filers reported $40,700,334 of lobbying spend in total, across all the work each filing covers.

An LD-2 reports one money figure for the whole filing, covering every part of government it named. The dollar amounts here are the spend of filings that named Office of the Secretary of Defense, not money spent lobbying it. Money counts the latest version of each filing only; filing counts include ones a later amendment restated.

 Issues raised
  1. Defense 186 filings that named this body and this issue
  2. Government Issues 76 filings that named this body and this issue
  3. Intelligence 61 filings that named this body and this issue
  4. Budget/Appropriations 42 filings that named this body and this issue
  5. Aerospace 35 filings that named this body and this issue
  6. Homeland Security 30 filings that named this body and this issue
  7. Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 19 filings that named this body and this issue
  8. Transportation 18 filings that named this body and this issue
  9. Trade (domestic/foreign) 16 filings that named this body and this issue
  10. Veterans 15 filings that named this body and this issue
  11. Aviation/Airlines/Airports 15 filings that named this body and this issue
  12. Foreign Relations 9 filings that named this body and this issue
  13. Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 9 filings that named this body and this issue
  14. Education 8 filings that named this body and this issue
  15. Immigration 8 filings that named this body and this issue
 Filings by year
  • 2025 101 $22,078,445
  • 2026 104 $18,621,889

Bar length is filings that year against the busiest year. A year is the filing year, not the date lobbying happened.

 Clients lobbying here
  1. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP $23,574,357 7 filings
  2. MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA $4,630,977 7 filings
  3. AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC $4,070,000 7 filings
  4. VANTOR PARENT INC $1,310,000 7 filings
  5. ROBOTIC RESEARCH OPCO, LLC (DBA FORTERRA) $870,000 5 filings
  6. GOOGLE PUBLIC SECTOR (FKA GOOGLE CLOUD) $695,000 7 filings
  7. THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY $400,000 2 filings
  8. FORT POLK PROGRESS (PREV LOUISIANA ARMED FORCES ALLIANCE) $350,000 7 filings
  9. SPECIAL OLYMPICS, INC. $350,000 1 filing
  10. HERMEUS CORP. $330,000 3 filings
  11. SAP AMERICA INC $280,000 7 filings
  12. SMITH & WESSON BRANDS INC. $280,000 5 filings
  13. APPIAN CORPORATION $260,000 1 filing
  14. HONEYWELL $240,000 6 filings
  15. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION $220,000 7 filings
 Firms filing on their behalf
  1. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP $23,574,357 7 filings
  2. MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA $4,630,977 7 filings
  3. AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. $4,070,000 7 filings
  4. ETHERTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. $1,940,000 62 filings
  5. VANTOR PARENT INC $1,310,000 7 filings
  6. THE ROOSEVELT GROUP $1,045,000 14 filings
  7. ROBOTIC RESEARCH OPCO, LLC (DBA FORTERRA) $870,000 5 filings
  8. SPECIAL OLYMPICS, INC. $350,000 1 filing
  9. THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY $340,000 1 filing
  10. HERMEUS CORP. $330,000 3 filings
  11. RISING TIDE ASSOCIATES $290,000 14 filings
  12. STEPTOE LLP $280,000 5 filings
  13. APPIAN CORPORATION $260,000 1 filing
  14. C. BAKER CONSULTING, INC. $210,000 7 filings
  15. COVINGTON & BURLING LLP $190,000 1 filing

Client and firm names are the filers' own text, not deduplicated: one company can appear under several spellings.

 Bills these filings cite most 12
  • H.R. 3838
    17 filings · Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Author…
  • H.R. 2600
    14 filings · ASCEND Act
  • S. 1437
    13 filings · ASCEND Act
  • S. 428
    13 filings · SAFE Orbit Act
  • H.R. 1
    11 filings · One Big Beautiful Bill Act
  • H.R. 4016
    11 filings · Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
  • S. 933
    11 filings · NASA Authorization Act of 2026
  • H.R. 4213
    9 filings · Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
  • H.R. 8800
    9 filings · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
  • S. 2296
    9 filings · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
  • H. Con. Res. 14
    8 filings · Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 20…
  • H.R. 1968
    8 filings · Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

Bills are parsed from the filings' own activity descriptions, so this is what lobbyists wrote down, not a record of contact with this body about that bill.

 Filings that named it 205
Q3 report
MEGAN MCELWAIN for THE CANADIAN CHROME COMPANY
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Ontario · posted Nov 10, 2026
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BOARDMAN USA for HAMMOND MACHINE WORKS
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Indiana · $10,000 income · posted Oct 23, 2026
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MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA for MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Virginia · $1,070,863 expenses · posted Oct 23, 2026
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GREENTECH MINERALS HOLDINGS LLC (FKA GREENMET CONSULTING) for GREENTECH MINERALS HOLDINGS LLC (FKA GREENMET CONSULTING)
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · posted Oct 22, 2026
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AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. for AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Virginia · $240,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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ETHERTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. for RTX CORPORATION AND AFFILIATES (FKARAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION)
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Massachusetts · $30,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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ETHERTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. for MANTECH INTERNATIONAL INC
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Virginia · $20,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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ETHERTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. for SAP AMERICA INC
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · $40,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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ETHERTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. for SCIENCE APPLICATION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Virginia · $30,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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ETHERTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. for ONEBRIEF, INC.
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Hawaii · $40,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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ETHERTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. for NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Virginia · $30,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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ETHERTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. for LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Maryland · $10,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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ETHERTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. for HONEYWELL AEROSPACE US LLC
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Arizona · $50,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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ETHERTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. for BOEING COMPANY
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Virginia · $30,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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ETHERTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. for BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Virginia · $40,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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VANTOR PARENT INC for VANTOR PARENT INC
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Colorado · $140,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP for GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Virginia · $3,320,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2026
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THE ROOSEVELT GROUP for GOOGLE PUBLIC SECTOR (FKA GOOGLE CLOUD)
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $125,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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THE ROOSEVELT GROUP for FORT POLK PROGRESS (PREV LOUISIANA ARMED FORCES ALLIANCE)
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Louisiana · $50,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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STEPTOE LLP for SMITH & WESSON BRANDS INC.
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Massachusetts · $60,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES for FENICKS GROUP
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · North Carolina · $40,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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RISING TIDE ASSOCIATES for BENCHMADE KNIFE COMPANY
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Oregon · $20,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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PUGHE CONSULTING, LLC for FIT VENTURES LP
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Quebec · posted Oct 20, 2026
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RISING TIDE ASSOCIATES for NOBLE BIOMATERIALS
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Pennsylvania · $30,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026
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PUGHE CONSULTING, LLC for CANADA NICKEL COMPANY INC.
3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · Ontario · posted Oct 20, 2026
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Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. "Office of the Secretary of Defense" is the filers' own entry from the LDA's list of government bodies. Rollups on this page refresh every six hours.

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