Textron spent $460,000 on government lobbying in 4th quarter on FAA funding, military spending

Textron spent $460,000 lobbying government in 4Q

WASHINGTON — Industrial conglomerate Textron Inc. spent $460,000 in the fourth quarter lobbying on a bill to fund the Federal Aviation Administration and other issues, according to a disclosure form filed by the company.

That’s about half of the $900,000 that the Providence, R.I.-based maker of Bell helicopters and Cessna aircraft spent in the same period a year earlier. It spent $890,000 in the third quarter of 2009.

The FAA bill covers paying to run the FAA and includes a mandate for the FAA to get its satellite-based NextGen navigation system in place at the busiest U.S. airports by 2014. During the October-December period, Textron also lobbied on the regulation of air medical services and on military equipment appropriations, such as to provide funding to upgrade the H-1, a light attack helicopter, according to the form filed Jan. 19 with the House clerk’s office.

Textron lobbied the Department of Defense and Congress.

Among those registered to lobby for Textron were: Marc Ehudin, who used to be a staffer to former Reps. Beverly Byron, D-Md. and Frank Tejeda, D-Texas; and Susan Hotsenpiller, who worked for Reps. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz., and Bob Stump, R-Ariz.