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FTI Government Affairs represents satellite company Hawkeye 360 on defense and budgetary matters in Washington.
Former Democratic Congressman Bud Cramer, whose Alabama district is home to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and the Army’s aviation & missile command, leads the FTI team, which includes John Czerwinski, aide to former Virginia Republican Congressman Frank Wolf.
Herndon, VA-based Hawkeye says it’s the first commercial company to use formation flying satellites to create a new class of radio frequency data analytics.
It received a contract form the National Reconnaissance Office last month. The Federal Communications Commission also gave Hawkeye approval to launch and operate 15 satellites for radio-frequency mapping from low-Earth orbit.
Hawkeye, which has raised more than $100M, counts Airbus, Raytheon and Sumitomo Corp. of America among its investors.
Knob Petroleum, which is based in Panama City, has retained Ballard Partners to explore opportunities in Venezuela.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has signed to represent Eastern Air Holdings, which operates deportation flights for Immigration & Customs Enforcement.
Ballard Partners has lined up Australia’s Energy Transition Minerals company, an explorer and developer of rare earths minerals opportunities. It touts its Greenland property as having the potential to become the biggest rare earths producer in the western world.
Abbvie has retained Trump-connected Winston-Salem-based Checkmate Government Relations for healthcare matters and issues related to the life sciences sector.
Netflix has retained Bloom Strategic Counsel for regulatory matters regarding its proposed $83B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
