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Scotland’s SaxaVord Spaceport, which is the UK’s only facility for vertical rocket launches, has hired Alexandria’s Brian Glackin & Assocs. for Washington representation on aerospace and defense matters.
Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority in December approved SaxaVord Spaceport, the site of a former RAF radar station, for up to 30 orbital launches in 2024.
The rockets could carry satellites or other payloads into space. Lockheed Martin has agreed to develop launch operations at SaxaVord.
Glacklin is a retired US Navy captain who headed Livingston Group’s defense & national security practice before launching his own firm.
The UK’s first licensed spaceport is in Cornwall, which launched rockets horizontally via an aircraft.
Cornwell Spaceport was used by Virgin Orbit until it declared bankruptcy last May.
Netflix has hired Avoq for DC representation regarding matters concerning the media and telecommunications sectors.
Scouting America has signed on Alpine Group for matters related to support of the organization from the Department of Defense and Congress.
The City of Miami, which has just elected its first Democratic mayor in 28 years, has hired Trump-connected Continental Strategy to work on federal procurement matters.
Miller Strategies, the well-connected Republican firm, has inked a $1.5M one-year consulting contract from Emirates Global Aluminum, the biggest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside the oil & gas sector.
Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence start-up, has retained Republican powerhouse firm Fierce Government Relations for DC representation.
