The start-up now routing U.S. air traffic, and the agency that may buy into it

Air Space Intelligence (ASI) won the FAA’s 12-year traffic-flow software contract in June 2026. The FAA is now reported to be negotiating an ownership stake in the company. This site sets out what public records show about ASI’s federal contracts, political spending and contacts with the Trump administration, with every source.

FAA contract ceiling

$876M Customer

12 years · 12 bidders · June 2026

Obligated so far

$23.3M

FAA contract, to mid-November 2026

FAA equity stake

Term sheet Reported

Not signed · reported by Politico, Oct. 2026

Valuation

$3.0B

October 2026, up from about $300M in 2023

PAC gifts to committees

$51.5K

Since Dec. 2025 · named recipients all Republican

Federal award ceilings

DOT · Pentagon notices · trade press

Category	(ceiling)
FAA: FMDS and SMART software · 2026	$876M
Army commercial technology IDIQ · 2026	$99M
Flyways AI licence, 618th Air Operations Center · 2026	$26M
Flyways AI commercial licence · 2025	$5.0M

Source & notes

Maximum contract values in millions of dollars, not money spent; awards under $5 million are left off. The Army ceiling is shared across orders that may never be placed. Full list on the Contracts page.

Company valuation at each funding round

Bloomberg · WilmerHale

Source & notes

Reported post-money valuations. The Series C was announced four months after the FAA award and five days after the stake report.