About & method

What this is

A reference on Air Space Intelligence’s relationship with the U.S. government: its FAA and defense awards, the reported negotiation for an FAA equity stake, documented contacts with the Trump administration, the company’s executives and investors, PAC giving, lobbying, and the oversight record on the SMART air traffic tool.

It is published by Black Mesa Research Labs (BMRL), an independent research operation not affiliated with ASI, any party, candidate, campaign, PAC or government agency.

Sourcing standards

• Every row is cited. Primary records (DOT and FAA releases, FEC, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, company statements) are preferred; where an aggregator, blog or draft briefing supplied a figure, the Sources page and the row’s note say so.
• Ties are documented connections. A tie is not evidence of a favor. Criticism and oversight are listed alongside favorable contacts.
• Award values are shown as a ceiling and, separately, money obligated. A ceiling is never presented as spending.
• Status is recorded exactly: the FAA stake is a reported negotiation, not a deal, and an investigation is not a finding.
• Anonymous-source reporting is attributed to the outlet in the text.
• Nothing found is recorded too, in the search log. “Not searched” is never shown as “nothing found.”

Known gaps

Figures were taken from the cited pages as retrieved on Nov. 15, 2026 and have not had a second verification pass. The Politico report on the equity stake was not read directly. The PAC recipient list and lobbying totals rest partly on secondary sources, obligation figures on a third-party compilation, and personal donations by executives and investors were not searched. ASI is private, so there are no revenue or ownership figures. The cause of the Nov. 13, 2026 FAA ground stop was not established when the data was compiled.

Corrections & responses

If anything here is inaccurate, out of date, or missing context, contact BMRL through blackmesalabs.org with the page and a source. Verified corrections are made promptly and noted in the changelog. The company or anyone named may submit a response for publication next to the relevant entry.

How to cite

Black Mesa Research Labs. ASI (Air Space Intelligence): Contracts, Political Money and Administration Ties. Compiled November 2026. Available at: https://asi.blackmesalabs.org

For a specific item, cite the primary source linked beside it.

License

The compiled dataset is released under CC BY 4.0. Linked articles and records belong to their publishers.