Top 100 Contractors in NAICS 481212: Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation, Aug 2025–Jul 2026

Parent companies by net contract obligations Aug 1, 2025 – Jul 31, 2026 Code page on GovTribe

The latest 12 months. See the newest fiscal year's list: Top Contractors in NAICS 481212: Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation, FY2025.

The top 10 won 79% of NAICS 481212 contract dollars from August 2025 through July 2026

Ranking facts

Contract obligations
$6,098,428,564 Net of deobligations, by contracts coded NAICS 481212
Contractors
110 Parent companies with an obligation
Largest contractor
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. $3.21 billion, 50.3% of obligations
Data as of

Contract actions from FPDS (SAM.gov). How the rankings work · Download all 100 rows as CSV · Free to reuse with credit to GovTribe (CC BY 4.0)

Full ranking

Rank Contractor Net obligations Share Trend
1 $3,211,792,271
Rank history: #2 in FY2021, #2 in FY2022, #2 in FY2023, #1 in FY2024 and #1 in FY2025; unchanged since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
2 $460,166,293
Rank history: #1 in FY2021, #1 in FY2022, #1 in FY2023, #2 in FY2024 and #2 in FY2025; unchanged since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
3 $325,543,406
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
4 $236,595,984
Rank history: #91 in FY2021, not on the FY2022–FY2023 lists, #47 in FY2024 and #3 in FY2025; down 1 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
5
Air Transport Services Group Inc. 2 awardees, including Air Transport International Inc. and ABX Air, Inc.
$160,334,830
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists and #4 in FY2025; down 1 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
6 $137,017,145
Rank history: #58 in FY2021, not on the FY2022 list, #24 in FY2023, #23 in FY2024 and #24 in FY2025; up 56 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
7 $130,384,502
Rank history: #16 in FY2021, #15 in FY2022, #10 in FY2023, #5 in FY2024 and #6 in FY2025; up 2 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
8 $123,448,719
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists, #14 in FY2024 and #7 in FY2025; down 3 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
9 $117,399,064
Rank history: #6 in FY2021, #4 in FY2022, #4 in FY2023, #4 in FY2024 and #9 in FY2025; down 2 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
10 $113,574,799
Rank history: #75 in FY2021, #6 in FY2022, #17 in FY2023, #19 in FY2024 and #8 in FY2025; down 4 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
11 $84,386,179
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists and #11 in FY2025; new, not ranked in Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
12 $83,981,967
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists and #10 in FY2025; down 1 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
13 $78,242,301
Rank history: #4 in FY2021, #5 in FY2022, #6 in FY2023, #3 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; down 3 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
14 $62,019,423
Rank history: #9 in FY2021, #8 in FY2022, #8 in FY2023, #7 in FY2024 and #16 in FY2025; up 6 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
15
Astrobotic Technology Inc
$61,985,454
Rank history: #3 in FY2021, #3 in FY2022, #5 in FY2023, not on the FY2024 list and #71 in FY2025; up 67 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
16 $60,890,354
Rank history: #15 in FY2021, #10 in FY2022, #7 in FY2023, #9 in FY2024 and #12 in FY2025; down 3 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
17 $56,148,936
Rank history: #12 in FY2021, #16 in FY2022, #13 in FY2023, #8 in FY2024 and #13 in FY2025; down 2 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
18 $48,500,000
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
19 $45,132,121
Rank history: #18 in FY2021, #17 in FY2022, #16 in FY2023, #12 in FY2024 and #15 in FY2025; down 3 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
20 $37,727,548
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #9 in FY2022, #11 in FY2023, #17 in FY2024 and #18 in FY2025; down 2 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
21 $33,146,457
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #40 in FY2022, #22 in FY2023, #18 in FY2024 and #17 in FY2025; down 4 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
22
10 Tanker Air Carrier LLC
$31,916,928
Rank history: #20 in FY2021, #13 in FY2022, #12 in FY2023, #10 in FY2024 and #14 in FY2025; down 8 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
23 $23,636,020
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #62 in FY2023, #33 in FY2024 and #30 in FY2025; up 7 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
24 $21,703,726
Rank history: #32 in FY2021, #33 in FY2022, #29 in FY2023, #25 in FY2024 and #23 in FY2025; unchanged since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
25 $21,350,555
Rank history: #57 in FY2021, #18 in FY2022, #14 in FY2023, #16 in FY2024 and #20 in FY2025; down 4 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
26 $20,893,300
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists and #22 in FY2025; down 1 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
27 $20,303,539
Rank history: #54 in FY2021, #60 in FY2022, #45 in FY2023, #28 in FY2024 and #27 in FY2025; up 1 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
28 $17,073,801
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists and #44 in FY2025; new, not ranked in Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
29 $15,522,048
Rank history: #34 in FY2021, #38 in FY2022, #33 in FY2023, #27 in FY2024 and #32 in FY2025; up 4 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
30 $15,482,345
Rank history: #46 in FY2021, #26 in FY2022, #39 in FY2023, #20 in FY2024 and #19 in FY2025; down 7 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
31 $14,069,140
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #20 in FY2022, #18 in FY2023, not on the FY2024 list and #21 in FY2025; up 45 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
32 $14,010,938
Rank history: #70 in FY2021, #28 in FY2022, #27 in FY2023, #31 in FY2024 and #28 in FY2025; up 2 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
33 $12,832,408
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #58 in FY2022, #42 in FY2023, #52 in FY2024 and #45 in FY2025; up 16 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
34 $11,198,016
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #100 in FY2023, not on the FY2024 list and #26 in FY2025; down 5 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
35 $10,808,249
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #65 in FY2022, #46 in FY2023, #45 in FY2024 and #37 in FY2025; up 4 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
36 $10,650,847
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #30 in FY2022, #35 in FY2023, #30 in FY2024 and #29 in FY2025; down 1 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
37 $9,449,270
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #37 in FY2022, #38 in FY2023, #34 in FY2024 and #35 in FY2025; up 1 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
38 $8,802,024
Rank history: #24 in FY2021, #59 in FY2022, #37 in FY2023, #55 in FY2024 and #34 in FY2025; up 4 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
39 $8,641,918
Rank history: #22 in FY2021, #23 in FY2022, #50 in FY2023, #35 in FY2024 and #36 in FY2025; down 2 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
40 $8,205,536
Rank history: #26 in FY2021, #25 in FY2022, #30 in FY2023, #29 in FY2024 and #38 in FY2025; up 1 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
41 $8,043,966
Rank history: #63 in FY2021, not on the FY2022–FY2023 lists, #26 in FY2024 and #41 in FY2025; down 9 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
42 $7,723,943
Rank history: #27 in FY2021, #32 in FY2022, #28 in FY2023, #38 in FY2024 and #51 in FY2025; up 9 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
43 $7,637,316
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists, #97 in FY2024 and #39 in FY2025; up 40 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
44 $7,536,588
Rank history: #68 in FY2021, #62 in FY2022, #61 in FY2023, #40 in FY2024 and #43 in FY2025; down 8 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
45 $7,413,305
Rank history: #59 in FY2021, #55 in FY2022, #53 in FY2023, #32 in FY2024 and #33 in FY2025; down 14 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
46 $7,288,148
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #21 in FY2022, #49 in FY2023, #37 in FY2024 and #66 in FY2025; up 6 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
47 $6,963,731
Rank history: #49 in FY2021, #41 in FY2022, #43 in FY2023, #36 in FY2024 and #46 in FY2025; up 3 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
48 $6,932,246
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #75 in FY2023, #49 in FY2024 and #52 in FY2025; down 1 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
49 $6,925,873
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists and #48 in FY2025; up 45 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
50 $6,909,155
Rank history: #44 in FY2021, #66 in FY2022, #48 in FY2023, #39 in FY2024 and #47 in FY2025; down 6 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
51 $6,327,489
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists and #40 in FY2025; new, not ranked in Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
52 $6,119,435
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #44 in FY2022, #40 in FY2023, #42 in FY2024 and #31 in FY2025; down 12 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
53
BHI Productions LLC
$5,779,329
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists and #56 in FY2025; up 17 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
54
Salmon River Helicopters Inc.
$5,249,708
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #83 in FY2023, #50 in FY2024 and #50 in FY2025; unchanged since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
55 $5,014,270
Rank history: #40 in FY2021, #69 in FY2022, #56 in FY2023, #43 in FY2024 and #58 in FY2025; unchanged since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
56 $4,575,998
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #81 in FY2022, #73 in FY2023, #66 in FY2024 and #55 in FY2025; up 7 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
57
Reeder Flying Service Inc.
$3,974,517
Rank history: #45 in FY2021, #46 in FY2022, #55 in FY2023, #51 in FY2024 and #53 in FY2025; down 4 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
58 $3,782,689
Rank history: #52 in FY2021, #35 in FY2022, #41 in FY2023, #60 in FY2024 and #54 in FY2025; up 1 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
59 $3,695,112
Rank history: #43 in FY2021, #45 in FY2022, #59 in FY2023, #48 in FY2024 and #57 in FY2025; up 1 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
60 $3,237,866
Rank history: #50 in FY2021, #50 in FY2022, #47 in FY2023, #56 in FY2024 and #59 in FY2025; down 3 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
61 $2,728,837
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #70 in FY2023, #53 in FY2024 and #64 in FY2025; up 5 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
62 $2,042,991
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #72 in FY2022, #78 in FY2023, #62 in FY2024 and #61 in FY2025; down 4 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
63 $1,760,800
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists, #99 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; new, not ranked in Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
64 $1,759,058
Rank history: #71 in FY2021, not on the FY2022–FY2023 lists, #84 in FY2024 and #62 in FY2025; up 5 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
65 $1,721,126
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists and #83 in FY2025; new, not ranked in Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
66 $1,497,207
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #99 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list, #90 in FY2024 and #65 in FY2025; up 24 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
67 $1,444,520
Rank history: #17 in FY2021, #34 in FY2022, #36 in FY2023, #44 in FY2024 and #73 in FY2025; up 5 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
68 $1,443,312
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists, #65 in FY2024 and #69 in FY2025; down 1 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
69 $1,411,000
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists and #60 in FY2025; down 13 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
70 $1,239,463
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #88 in FY2023, #67 in FY2024 and #67 in FY2025; up 5 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
71 $1,238,000
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists and #79 in FY2025; up 8 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
72 $1,107,742
Rank history: #29 in FY2021, #31 in FY2022, #31 in FY2023, #71 in FY2024 and #70 in FY2025; up 2 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
73 $1,069,502
Rank history: #37 in FY2021, #48 in FY2022, #76 in FY2023, #64 in FY2024 and #63 in FY2025; down 8 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
74 $995,409
Rank history: #79 in FY2021, not on the FY2022 list, #92 in FY2023 and not on the FY2024–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
75 $990,580
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
76 $950,751
Rank history: not on the FY2021 list, #75 in FY2022, #63 in FY2023, #72 in FY2024 and #74 in FY2025; up 2 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
77 $840,443
Rank history: #39 in FY2021, #47 in FY2022, #60 in FY2023, #74 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 28 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
78 $814,995
Rank history: #8 in FY2021, #12 in FY2022, #20 in FY2023, #13 in FY2024 and #42 in FY2025; down 33 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
79 $761,393
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists, #70 in FY2024 and #78 in FY2025; up 5 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
80 $591,581
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
81 $510,000
Rank history: #38 in FY2021, not on the FY2022 list, #89 in FY2023, #68 in FY2024 and #81 in FY2025; new, not ranked in Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
82 $404,925
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
83
Lohman Helicopter LLC.
$398,849
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists and #84 in FY2025; new, not ranked in Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
84 $313,149
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists and #88 in FY2025; up 8 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
85
Amerijet International Inc
$252,292
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists and #25 in FY2025; down 59 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
86 $220,000
Rank history: #30 in FY2021, #97 in FY2022 and not on the FY2023–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
87 $126,990
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists, #100 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; new, not ranked in Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
88 $105,448
Rank history: #28 in FY2021, #39 in FY2022, not on the FY2023 list, #57 in FY2024 and #75 in FY2025; down 20 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
89 $74,944
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists, #89 in FY2024 and #93 in FY2025; up 9 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
90 $67,053
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists, #82 in FY2024 and #92 in FY2025; up 11 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
91 $60,480
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists, #77 in FY2024 and #91 in FY2025; unchanged since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
92 $56,180
Rank history: #84 in FY2021, not on the FY2022–FY2023 lists, #92 in FY2024 and #96 in FY2025; up 8 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
93 $48,355
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists, #83 in FY2024 and not on the FY2025 list; up 10 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
94 $45,000
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2022 lists, #95 in FY2023, not on the FY2024 list and #97 in FY2025; new, not ranked in Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
95 $33,109
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists, #85 in FY2024 and #94 in FY2025; up 1 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
96 $23,750
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
97 $22,574
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2023 lists, #93 in FY2024 and #77 in FY2025; down 24 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
98 $9,696
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2024 lists and #76 in FY2025; down 21 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
99 $9,200
Rank history: not on the FY2021–FY2025 lists; new, not ranked in Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
100 $7,500
Rank history: #21 in FY2021, #84 in FY2022, #23 in FY2023, #15 in FY2024 and #72 in FY2025; down 29 since Aug 2024–Jul 2025.
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How this ranking works

  • Source: every contract action FPDS records (as published on SAM.gov) in the period, as GovTribe received it.
  • Amounts are net obligations: what was obligated, less what was deobligated. Shares are of $6.38 billion obligated before deobligations, so they never pass 100%.
  • Parent companies: each action counts under the ultimate parent its award record names, or under the awardee when it names none, so no dollar counts twice. An awardee whose own actions mostly name no parent, and that no other company's actions name as their parent, rolls up its SAM.gov registration's chain of parent companies: it counts under the first company there that other companies' actions name as their parent, or under the parent most of a company's own actions name, whichever comes first; with neither, under the highest company in the chain with federal contracts of its own. Joint ventures stay companies of their own. Parents of the same name (Inc., LLC and the like aside) count as one company, since FPDS records a company's parent under more than one UEI over time. GovTribe corrects a few parents and names by hand; see the corrections.
  • Period: the trailing 12 months end with the last month that ended at least 90 days ago, because the Department of Defense reports its contract actions to FPDS about 90 days late. The list is rebuilt each night.
  • Rank changes compare with Aug 2024–Jul 2025. "New" marks a company outside that period's top 500, and "Returned" one of those that was on an earlier fiscal year's list.
  • Rank lines show each company's rank on every fiscal year's list since FY2021, #1 at the top, on a scale that gives the top of the list more room. A dashed stretch spans years it wasn't on the list.
  • Placeholder recipients FPDS uses when it names no company ("Miscellaneous Foreign Contractors" and the like) aren't ranked.

Quick answers

Who were the top 10 NAICS 481212 contractors in Aug 2025–Jul 2026?

1. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. ($3.21B), 2. United Launch Alliance, L.L.C. ($460M), 3. Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC ($326M), 4. Kalitta Air LLC ($237M), 5. Air Transport Services Group Inc. ($160M), 6. Rocket Lab USA Inc. ($137M), 7. Helicopter Express LLC ($130M), 8. Firefly Aerospace Inc. ($123M), 9. Aero-Flite, Inc. ($117M), 10. Helicopter Transport Services, LLC ($114M).

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