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$1.2M raised, $1.1M spent, $298K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
Who funds it
64% from donors giving over $200 · 34% from donors giving $200 or less · largest donor Thomas Arseneault, $8.4K. See who funds it
Where it goes
$1.1M given to candidates and committees, the largest to DCCC ($30K) · 65% of its support to Republicans, 32% to Democrats. See where it goes
Lobbying
BAE Systems, Inc. lobbied on 3 issues. See lobbying
Its wordsWhat does this committee say it is for?
Why this committee exists In its sponsor's words
“Our mission is to provide our customer with an essential edge to protect what matters most. A career with us will ignite your passion to improve security, defend freedom and make the world a safer place. Learn more about our teams, leadership, and innovations below.”
BAE Systems, the organization this committee is the political fund of, jobs.baesystems.com
Quoted from the committee's site, or its sponsor's or funder's where its own says nothing. Any side it takes is in its own words.
No published list of positions
Its sponsor’s site sums up what it stands for in the statement above, and publishes no list of positions beyond it.
Who it gives toWhich candidates and committees get its money?
Each part reads different filings, so counts and totals can differ.
Party support distribution$630K to 139 candidates
Direct PAC contributions and independent expenditures explicitly reported as support, by the party of the candidate they went to.
For candidates $630,000
Republican 65%Democratic 32%
Support by the party of the candidate
Party of the candidate
Candidates
Direct
Independent
Amount
Share
Republican
80
$410,500
$0
$410,500
65%
Democratic
50
$199,500
$0
$199,500
32%
Other or unresolved
9
$20,000
$0
$20,000
3.2%
Shown support
139
$630,000
$0
$630,000
100%
Contributions are reported money, not endorsements; a PAC giving to both parties is common.
Who this PAC gave to$1,131,500 in 546 payments
Every contribution on line 23 of the committee’s own Schedule B, which is the filing its summary totals are built from. That line covers federal candidates, party committees and other political committees alike, so a super PAC funding other super PACs appears here rather than under candidate giving.
By recipient
Line 23 contributions by kind and party of recipient
Recipient
Count
Amount
Democratic candidates
50
$199.5K · 17%
Republican candidates
79
$409.5K · 36%
Other or unresolved candidates
10
$21K · 1.8%
Other party committees
4
$120K · 10%
Other PACs and committees
67
$394K · 34%
All recipients
210
$1.1M
By the candidate’s state
Contributions to candidates by the candidate’s state
State
Candidates
Amount
California
14
$61.5K
Texas
11
$49.5K
Virginia
12
$43K
Florida
9
$40.5K
New York
5
$28K
Minnesota
3
$24K
Alabama
3
$22.5K
Arkansas
4
$22K
The largest 8 of 46 states.
Recipients 210
Show candidate activity and the money network
Candidate and election activity as the recipients filed it
Money inWho funds the PAC?
Where the money came from $1,185,073 reported receipts
Tap a row with to see who gave.
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$762,49064%
Largest donors
Thomas Arseneault44 contributions, latest Oct 1, 2026 · PRESIDENT & CEO · BAE SYSTEMS, INC · MCLEAN, VA$8,449
Terence Crimmins44 contributions, latest Oct 1, 2026 · PRESIDENT- AMS SEGMENT · BAE SYSTEMS INFO&ELEC SYS INTG · DOVER, NH$8,449
Alice Eldridge44 contributions, latest Oct 1, 2026 · SVP & GEN COUNSEL · BAE SYSTEMS, INC · VIENNA, VA$8,449
John Swift44 contributions, latest Oct 2, 2026 · VP II- GEN MGR · BAE SYSTEMS ORDNANCE SYSTEMS · BLACKSBURG, VA$8,449
Gary Testut44 contributions, latest Oct 1, 2026 · VP III- GEN MGR · BAE SYSTEMS SPACE&MISSION SYS · BROOMFIELD, CO$8,449
Jeremy Tondreault44 contributions, latest Oct 2, 2026 · PRESIDENT- P&S SEGMENT · BAE SYSTEMS LAND&ARMAMENTS LP · OAKTON, VA$8,449
Brian Wilson44 contributions, latest Oct 1, 2026 · VP - GOVERNMENT RELATIONS · BAE SYSTEMS, INC · ARLINGTON, VA$8,449
Tisha Wright44 contributions, latest Oct 1, 2026 · VP - GOVERNMENT RELATIONS · BAE SYSTEMS, INC · ARLINGTON, VA$8,449
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 16,351 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $761.8K. FEC contributor lists are public records and cannot be used for commercial solicitation.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$401,58334%
Refunds and rebatesMoney coming back to the committee: rebates and refunds of what it spent, contributions it made that were returned, and loans it made that were repaid.$13,5001.1%
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees.$5,0000.4%
Other receiptsInterest, dividends and other income the committee files on a line of its own.$2,5000.2%
Where it came from
M & T Bank1 receipt, latest Aug 7, 2026 · Washington, District of Columbia$2,500
Each as the committee named it on this line.
Total reported receipts $1,185,073
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
Where the money traces to $1.2M followed back through up to 3 committees
23% to named individuals, 76% not itemized.
Gave directly$1M 88%
Gave directly
Name
Amount
Not itemized by this committee76%
$903,796
Thomas ArseneaultPerson · President & CEO, BAE Systems, Inc · Mclean, VA · 0.7%
Operating expendituresThe committee's own running costs.$1,4790.1%
Paid to
M & T Bank17 payments · latest Oct 8, 2026 · BANK FEE$1,242
Contribution refundsMoney returned to the people and committees that gave it.$28<0.1%
Total reported disbursements $1,146,507
Every dollar this committee reported spending this cycle, split by the lines it reports against. Open a line to see who was actually paid on it. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
What the payments were for $1,132,742 itemized
Tap a row with to see what was paid for.
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$1,131,50099.9%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION$1,131,500
Paid to
DCCC$30,000
DSCC$30,000
NRCC$30,000
NRSC$30,000
Eureka PAC$10,000
True North PAC$10,000
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$1,2420.1%
Filed as
BANK FEE$1,242
Paid to
M & T Bank$1,242
Total itemized disbursements $1,132,742
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
All 563 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Spending over time
$1.2M spent from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026. Most in one report: $159.5K, January 2026.
$1.2M
Jan 2025Oct 2026
The running total of what the committee’s FEC reports say it spent, independent expenditures included, with a point at the end of each report. The line is straight between reports because a report gives one total for its whole period.
2941 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVESUITE 100FALLS CHURCH, VA, 22042
Audits and penalties
None published by the FEC
LobbyingWhat does its sponsor lobby on?
What BAE Systems, Inc. lobbies on 2026 reports
Besides giving through its PAC, BAE Systems, Inc. pays lobbyists to press Congress and federal agencies. Each quarter it, or a firm it hires, files a public report under the Lobbying Disclosure Act saying which topics it worked on, what it spent, and whom it contacted. This is what those reports say.
Spent on lobbying in 2026
$3.8M
Quarterly reports read
19
Bills it named
9
Topics it lobbied on
Each report files its work under official topics. The bar shows how often each topic came up across the reports; open one to read what was filed under it. Naming a bill says the organization lobbied on it, not which side it took.
Defensein 15 report entries · 5 bills named
In its own words
National Defense Authorization Act, 2027 (HR XXXX/S XXXX); provisions regarding R&D - Navy, US Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force;
Aircraft Procurement - Navy, US Marine Corps, Air Force;
Missile Procurement - Navy, Air Force;
Other issues: Long Range Strike;
Ballistic Missile Defense;
Electronic Warfare;
Airbourne Electronic Attack;
Advanced Protection Systems for Ground Combat Vehicles;
Overall Defense Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027 (HR XXXX/S XXXX); provisions regarding R&D - Navy, US Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force;
Soft Kill EW;
Advances Protection Systems for Ground Combat Vehicles;
Low Cost Counter Unmanned Systems Munitions;
Science/Technologyin 3 report entries · 2 bills named
In its own words
Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act, 2026 (HR XXXX/S 3923); issues regarding NOAA Satellite Weather Programs Weather Act Reauthorization Act, 2025 (HR 5089/S XXXX); issues regarding NOAA Satellite Weather Programs Issues related to Space Weather
MS. Pat YoungerLobbying firm · 1 reportNot reported
Contributions on the LD-203 report
Reported twice a year by the lobbying filer. $53.3K is political giving that also appears in FEC filings.
Rep. Mike Johnson$5K
Rep. Mike Rogers$5K
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann$3.5K
Rep. Ken Calvert$3.5K
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart$3.5K
Rep. Ronny Jackson$3.5K
Rep. Scott DesJarlais$3.5K
Rep. Steve Scalise$3.5K
Rep. Stephanie Bice$3.3K
Rep. Rob Wittman$3K
Matched by name: these reports are filed for “BAE SYSTEMS, INC.”, found by searching “BAE SYSTEMS”. Lobbying and FEC records share no ID, so an organization that lobbies under another name is missed. Source: LDA.gov, accessed Nov 6, 2026. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.
BAE SYSTEMS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BAE SYSTEMS USA PAC)
Filings covered
Through Oct 14, 2026
Data source
FEC bulk filing data
BAE Systems Inc. PAC is registered with the Federal Election Commission as a PAC (qualified). It is a lobbyist/registrant PAC. Its FEC record names BAE Systems as an affiliate. Official FEC summary: Federal Election Commission committee record.
Bars drawn to $30K, the largest gift total here. 2025–2026 filings.
Stephen A. Womack2 receipts, latest Jan 28, 2026Womack for Congress Committee · H0AR03055$10K
David Valadao4 receipts, latest Jan 28, 2026Valadao for Congress · H2CA20094$10K
Pete Aguilar3 receipts, latest Jan 28, 2026Pete Aguilar for Congress · H2CA31125$10K
Joe Wilson7 receipts, latest Sep 28, 2026Joe Wilson for Congress · H2SC02059$10K
Susan M. Collins4 receipts, latest May 26, 2026Collins for Senator · S6ME00159$10K
Candidate contribution rows come from candidate committee Schedule A filings, the same rows the party chart above counts.
Committee money network
Money moving between this committee and other committees, matched on FEC committee ID rather than the name each filing was typed under. Both sides exclude memo entries. The figures here count each committee once, from the itemized transfers read for this section, so they will not match the payment counts under Who this PAC gave to.
Committees funding this one
Committees that reported giving to this one on their own Schedule A filings, grouped by the giver’s committee ID.
No committee-to-committee receipts were itemized this cycle.
Committees this one funds
Disbursements this committee itemized to another committee: candidate contributions, party transfers and payments alike, not contributions only.
Free State PACPAC (qualified) · Connected to RED VICTORY 2022 · 3 payments
$10K
Juntos PACPAC (qualified) · Connected to GALLEGO · 4 payments
$10K
American Security PACPAC (qualified) · Connected to MIKE ROGERS VICTORY · 2 payments
$10K
$1.1M across 211 recipient committees, or 99.8% of everything this committee reports spending. The largest 12 are shown.
Built from FEC Schedule A and Schedule B filings for the selected cycle. A committee only appears here if the money was itemized under its FEC committee ID.
463 smaller sources, $143.4K in all (12%), are not listed.
Each committee that gave is followed to where its own money came from, in proportion to what it received: a committee that got half its money from one person is counted as passing half of what it gave on to that person. Each channel shows the committee the money came through and its place in the money tree. It shows who stood behind the money, not what that money was for, and an organization that need not name its donors ends the trail. It stops at a person, an organization, a committee with nothing on file here, or 3committees deep. A person who gave by more than one route appears under each, a name filed two ways may appear twice, and a person's job and city are as they filed them. "Also behind" counts the other groups, among those that moved $100,000 or more into races, in which $100,000 or more traces to the same person, other than those this money came through or went on to.
California984 contributions · 4.1%
$31,511
Florida685 contributions · 3.8%
$28,755
New York777 contributions · 3.7%
$28,550
Pennsylvania637 contributions · 3.3%
$25,416
Maryland667 contributions · 3.1%
$23,381
By the state each contributor wrote on the filing. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line together, so one committee or organization transfer can account for a whole state. Contributors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized and cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
BAE Systems INC1,716 contributions · 22% of ranked
$169,533
BAE Systems Info&elec SYS Intg4,749 contributions · 22% of ranked
$168,242
BAE Systems Land&armaments LP3,392 contributions · 17% of ranked
$131,435
BAE Systems Space&mission SYS1,806 contributions · 14% of ranked
$104,426
BAE Systems Tech Sols&svcs INC1,903 contributions · 10% of ranked
$78,486
BAE Systems Shared SVCS INC1,001 contributions · 6.1% of ranked
$46,798
BAE Systems Controls INC523 contributions · 2.6% of ranked
$19,888
BAE Systems Ordnance Systems276 contributions · 2.2% of ranked
$16,971
Itemized receipts grouped by the words contributors filed. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line here, so committee and organization money sits alongside individuals; this is not an industry classification. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($401,583) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
VP II- GEN MGR319 contributions · 4.5% of ranked
$32,248
DIR II- Programs831 contributions · 4.2% of ranked
$30,580
VP Iii- GEN MGR325 contributions · 3.9% of ranked
$28,496
DIR Iii- Programs524 contributions · 3.1% of ranked
$22,471
VP - Government Relations88 contributions · 2.3% of ranked
$16,898
DIR II- GOV Relations220 contributions · 2.3% of ranked
$16,465
DIR II- Business DEV441 contributions · 2.2% of ranked
$15,773
DIR II- ENG353 contributions · 1.8% of ranked
$13,195
Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 occupation spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. Itemized receipts grouped by the words contributors filed. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line here, so committee and organization money sits alongside individuals; this is not an industry classification. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($401,583) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
P-8 Mission Computer Acceleration;
Combat Vehicles;
Paladin Integrated Management (PIM);
Overall Defense Commerce, Justice, Science;
Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 (PL 119-74); issues regarding NOAA Satellite Weather Programs;
NASA Science Programs Commerce, Justice, Science;
Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2027 (HR XXXX/S XXXX); issues regarding NOAA Satellite Weather Programs;
NASA Science Programs
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027 (HR 9495/S XXXX); provisions regarding R&D - Navy, US Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force;
Long Range Strike - Air Force;
Ballistic Missile Defense - Defense Wide;
Electronic Warfare - Defense Wide;
Other issues: Counter-Unmanned Aircraft (C-UAS) Munitions;
Military Space Programs;
Compass Call;
Overall Defense Spending Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (H. Con. Res. 113); issues related to Munitions and Joint Strike Fighter (F-35) Funding in Defense Supplemental and Reconciliation Commerce, Justice, Science;
Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2027 (HR 8845/S XXXX); issues regarding NOAA Weather Programs;
NASA Science Programs Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027 (P.L. 119-103); issues regarding NOAA Satellite Weather Programs
Joint Strike Fighter (F-35);
Overall Defense Spending Issues related to supplemental appropriations and reconciliation to include Joint Strike Fighter (F-35) and Munitions Commerce, Justice, Science;
Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2027 (HR 8845/S XXXX); issues regarding NOAA Satellite Weather Programs;
Issues related to Department of Defense appropriations and policy NDAA FY 2026 and FY 2027
Issues related to Department of Defense appropriations and policy NDAA FY 2027