Case Study:  Program & Project Support
Funding for a New High Altitude Research Aircraft

Retained by a consortium of research universities, Lewis-Burke Associates LLC successfully advocated for over $80 million for a new high-altitude research aircraft. This aircraft had been requested by the academic community and was approved by the National Science Foundation and its policy-making body, the National Science Board, but was omitted from the President's budget. Lewis-Burke was able to restore funding for the plane by building a coalition of Congressional supporters and leveraging the strength of multiple state delegations in favor of the acquisition.  

Today, the High-performance Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research (HIAPER), an advanced airborne research platform, is a reality.  This modified Gulfstream V aircraft provides important environmental research data.