NIGP 25718: Aircraft, Military (Fighter Bombers, Attack Aircraft, etc.)

NIGP 25718 Aircraft, Military (Fighter Bombers, Attack Aircraft, Etc.), Item code, does not reflect the actual aircraft and aviation-related services that state and local governments are currently procuring. Recent solicitations under this code show state and local demand concentrated on civilian rotorcraft maintenance, aerial application platforms (fixed-wing and unmanned), specialized training systems, and single-source drone equipment procurements for wildfire and natural-resource management, with no fighter bombers or military attack aircraft in the contract opportunities posted since mid-May 2026. State agencies dominate the recent activity: the State of Utah Division of Purchasing (conducting on behalf of the Division of Wildlife Resources) and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (Florida Forest Service and Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) are the most active issuers, with county and municipal governments (Orange County, Florida; Orange County, California; County of Orange, California Sheriff-Coroner; Columbus Consolidated Government Police Department; Utah County; and the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority in Pennsylvania) representing secondary volume. Salt Lake Community College and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County round out the issuing-body mix with one educational and one municipal procurer each.

The geographic spread is concentrated in the Southwest (Utah, with nine of the most recent opportunities since late May 2026) and Florida (four opportunities from state forestry and wildlife agencies since September 2026), with secondary activity in California (two Orange County procurements for autonomous drones and helicopter maintenance), Georgia (Columbus police drone-and-firearms trade), Pennsylvania (airport hangar leasing), and Tennessee (Nashville police flight simulator). Representative recent solicitations include the State of Utah Division of Purchasing RFQ AM27-121 Aerial East Coyote Seeding (1,315.8 acres, RFQ, response due October 20, 2026), the County of Orange, Sheriff-Coroner IFB #060-3080002-MB for helicopter maintenance services on five rotorcraft with 5% and 8% local small-business and disabled-veteran preferences (IFB, response due July 16, 2026), the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services ITN for two Electronic Vertical Takeoff and Landing fixed-wing UAS for wildland firefighting (ITN, response due October 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM Eastern), and the Florida Forest Service single-source notice SS16830 for eight new Astro UAS/IGNIS III mini ignition packages ($694,492 estimated value, responses due September 23, 2026). Evaluation in most Utah procurements is objective and cost-driven on a per-acre basis; Florida solicitations emphasize security compliance and proprietary integration with existing systems. Set-asides and preferences are sparse across the code, with Orange County (California and Florida) applying small-business or disabled-veteran preferences where applicable.