Legal & compliance record

Disclosures, procurement and open legal questions, each with exactly where it stands.

Date	Type	Matter	Status	Sources
2025-12-11	Lobbying disclosure	ASI registered with Congress as an in-house lobbying organization, effective Nov. 17, 2025. It has filed a report for every quarter since, most recently $360,000 in lobbying expenses for the third quarter of 2026. ASI	Registered; reports on file through the third quarter of 2026	lda.senate.gov · lda.senate.gov
2025-12-15	Campaign finance	ASI registered a political action committee with the Federal Election Commission. The committee files periodic reports of receipts and contributions. ASI PAC	Active committee. FEC enforcement records were not searched	fec.gov
2026-03-31	Conflict question	ASI’s PAC gave $2,500 to the congressional campaign of Michael Alfonso, son-in-law of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Duffy’s department announced the FAA award to ASI on June 22, 2026. No record links the contribution to the award. ASI PAC	No ethics complaint found. Whether Duffy took part in or recused himself from the selection is not on the public record	fec.gov · thedailybeast.com · rawstory.com
2026-06-23	Procurement	The FAA signed the 12-year FMDS and SMART contract with ASI after receiving 12 offers. Protests of FAA awards go to the agency’s Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition. ASI	No protest found in news coverage. The dispute office’s docket could not be read directly	nextgov.com
2026-10-13	Audit request	Twenty-three Democrats on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee asked the Government Accountability Office to review the FAA’s safety risk management, testing and deployment strategy for SMART and FMDS. The request concerns the FAA’s conduct, not ASI’s. FAA	Requested. Not known whether GAO has accepted	nextgov.com · fedscoop.com
2026-10-16	Legal authority	Semafor reported that the FAA’s talks over an equity stake in ASI raise the question of whether the agency has clear legal authority for such a deal. It named a transit-funding statute (49 U.S.C. 5323) as one possible basis and called that a stretch. A person familiar with the talks called them premature. FAA	Reported negotiation; no agreement. The authority question is untested. No statement from the FAA or ASI	semafor.com · flyingmag.com
2026-10-30	Lobbying disclosure	ASI amended its lobbying reports for the first and second quarters of 2026. Each now reports $320,000 in expenses; the original reports each said $280,000. ASI	Amended reports on file	lda.senate.gov · lda.senate.gov · lda.senate.gov · lda.senate.gov
2026-11-13	Operational	A nationwide FAA ground stop came three days after SMART reached every en route center. The FAA traces the failure to routers on its telecommunications network, which another contractor runs. ASI says none of its products was involved. ASI	Under investigation; no finding. ASI’s denial and officials’ statements are claims, not findings	cnn.com · mediaite.com · geekwire.com