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Florida’s Ballard Partners has signed on L3Harris Technologies for business development and procurement matters.
The $20B Melbourne, FL-based company brands itself as a “trusted disruptor” in the defense industry
It posted a 17 percent rise in Q1 revenues to $5.2B, powered by the 2023 $4.7B acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne, maker of rocket engines and propulsion systems.
L3Harris also received a boost as it recently earned US Navy approval for its next-generation electronic warfare technology for the F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft.
Ballard Partners is noted for its close ties to Donald Trump.
Susie Wiles, who headed Ballard’s Tallahassee office for a decade, ran Trump’s Florida campaign in 2016. She exited Ballard in 2019. Wiles in 2021 became CEO of Trump’s Save America PAC.
Brian Ballard was Trump’s top fundraiser in Florida.
He is working the L3Harris business with Ballard Partners’ senior partner Syl Lukis and managing partner Eugene O’Flaherty.
Flock Safety has hired Off Hill Strategies, a boutique lobby firm that boasts of its commitment to conservative principles.
Ballard Partners has signed South Korea’s SK Americas unit for representation on US semiconductor policies and developments.
Ballard Partners has signed to a represent the US unit of Rheinmetall, Germany’s biggest defense contractor, on Army procurement issues.
BGR Group signs on to provide lobbying and PR services for Terzo, an AI financial intelligence platform. Douglas Lute, chair of BGR’s international and defense practices, will join Terzo’s board of directors.
Avoq has landed Palantir Technologies, the controversial surveillance company founded by right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, as a client.
