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Ballard Partners has signed on Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin rocket company to handle issues related to commercial spaceflight.
The company, which competes with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is in the midst of a restructuring to focus more on launches rather than research and development.
That revamp is expected to result in a cut of 1,000 employees from its 11,000-member workforce, according to a Bloomberg report.
Blue Origin CEO Dave Lamp says Blue Origin will make the second launch of its New Glenn rocket in the Spring. A launch last month resulted in the loss of New Glenn’s booster.
He also expects Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander to reach the Moon later this year.
Brian Ballard, a top Trump fundraiser, heads his firm’s Blue Origin team, which includes Dan McFaul, ex-aide to Florida Republican Congressmen Joe Scarborough and Matt Gaetz; and Mat Forrest, former events supervisor for West Palm Beach.
The firm is the former home of attorney general Pam Bondi and Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles.
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.
Anne Kierig, who was senior manager of public policy at Amazon, has joined the American Advertising Federation as VP-government affairs. She takes over for Clark Rector, who is retiring after a 37-year run at AAF.
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which was established in compliance with the executive order signed by President Trump, has hired Valcour LLC, which has close ties with his administration.
