Why It Matters
Assured Space Access Inc. has signed J.A. Green & Co., a lobbying firm, in a defense lobbying registration. The new client registration, signed Nov. 5, lists Defense (DEF) and the specific issue "Issues related to missile defense radars." It carries a $0 filing amount and names no bills.
The client's earlier lobbying ran through Velocity Government Relations LLC, which filed from the second quarter of 2025. Velocity's first-quarter report was terminated effective Feb. 23, so the client is back with a different firm. Leonor Tomero is the only lobbyist listed.
By the Numbers
Velocity's reports for the client, newest first: the first-quarter termination amendment reported $9,107, the fourth quarter of 2025 report $15,000, the third quarter of 2025 report $15,000, and the second quarter of 2025 report $5,000.
Tomero's listed covered position is Senior Vice President, Government Relations. The filing lists her House Armed Services Committee experience across the 112th through 117th Congresses, and a staffer record shows her as counsel there in January 2021. She does not appear on the client's earlier filings, which named Jo-Anne Sears and Erin Neal.
Broader Context
The Office of the Under Secretary of War's May 4 fiscal year 2026 Mandatory Funding Allocation Plan allocates $1.975 billion for improved ground-based missile-defense radars and $176.1 million for an Army long-range movable missile-defense radar.
The Congressional Research Service reported April 2 that enacted fiscal year 2026 Department of Defense appropriations were $839.2 billion, $8.4 billion above the department's request.
Assured Space announced Penoptix, a transportable X-band radar for missile-defense missions, in a May 28 PR Newswire release. The company's website describes defense and aerospace radio frequency and radar systems.
Competitive Landscape
J.A. Green also signed Grid Aero Inc. on May 11 to lobby on defense. Port San Antonio (Texas) hired Valiant Strategies LLC on Nov. 4 for defense lobbying.
The Bottom Line
The registration places the client's missile defense radar work with a new firm and a single named lobbyist.
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