Aero Simulation, Inc.

Aero Simulation, Inc., a Tampa, Florida-based small business manufacturer of flight simulation systems and training devices, operates predominantly as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards) on Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security air training platforms under total small business set-asides and full-and-open competition. The company holds a SAM.gov registration dating to 2001 and specializes in operational flight trainers, reconfigurable flight training devices, cockpit procedures trainers, maintenance simulators, and integrated sustainment services across military aircraft platforms including the MH-60T, MH-65, HC-144, T-38, T-6A, C-17, and B-52.

Aero Simulation's customer concentration sits with the Air Force and Navy, anchored by two mega-vehicles. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Aeronautical Systems Center dominates by potential value (12 awards, $55.85 billion combined potential value), driven by a single $32.5 billion multiple-award Training Systems Acquisition IV (TSA IV) IDIQ issued June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2033, with notable task orders including a $1.134 billion firm fixed-price C-17 Training System hybrid contract (supplies and nonpersonal services) at Altus Air Force Base through April 30, 2033. The Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center represents the second anchor (73 awards, $8.18 billion combined potential value) across multiple indefinite delivery vehicles. The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard (46 awards, $93.4 million combined potential value) holds Aero Simulation's most active single-award IDIQ: a $12.775 million Integrated Mobile Operations and Maintenance Simulator (IMOMS) contract issued April 13, 2023, through March 31, 2028, supporting all Coast Guard flight training devices at Mobile, Alabama and Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Within the past year, Aero Simulation issued multiple task orders under IMOMS for platform-specific upgrades and sustainment, including a $2.562 million firm fixed-price order (June 2026) for Option Year 3 work, a $574.495 million order (September 2025) for HC-144 maintenance training sustainment, and smaller engineering change proposal orders ($26,000 to $96,000) for MH-60T projector replacement, MH-65 aerodynamic modeling, and AECHELON database updates.

A secondary but material customer is the Air Force Air Education and Training Command (AETC), which awarded Aero Simulation a $100 million single-award IDIQ (March 21, 2025, through March 20, 2030) set aside for total small business, with two task orders issued to date: a $4.758 million time-and-materials delivery order for 502nd Contractor Support at Randolph Air Force Base (May 5, 2025, through May 4, 2029) and a $2,500 minimum-guarantee order (April 4, 2025). Notable AETC task orders also include a $6.956 million firm fixed-price T-38 Enhanced Immersive Training Device scaling project (March 2025 through March 2026) and a $5.502 million integration of Remote Instructor Station with T-6A Operational Flight Trainer via Wi-Fi and VPN for home office operations (September 2024). A recent $1.841 million firm fixed-price definitive contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center for RFTD (Reconfigurable Flight Training Device) upgrades and training sessions (November 2024 through December 2027) at Tampa represents the company's established role in trainer modernization. The Environmental Protection Agency appears with 235 awards in the portfolio snapshot; the source does not clarify their scope or dollar value, suggesting they may be micro-purchases, grants, or awards outside the $150,000 SCI threshold.

Activity has grown, climbing from 10 awards in 2022 to 19 in 2025, then settling at 7 in 2026 (through mid-September). Eight awards carrying combined potential value of $296.3 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure. TSA III has generated $343.9 million in combined potential value across 5 task orders, and the IMOMS IDIQ (70Z03823DM0000001) has produced 19 task orders valued at $15.1 million combined. Additional vehicles include a multiple-award Family of Maintenance Trainers (FMT) Product Line contract (PEO Simulation, Training and Instrumentation, $396 million ceiling, awarded June 22, 2026, through June 21, 2033, with one $1,000 delivery order issued as of award date) and an Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Architecture and Integration Directorate multiple-award IDIQ ($900 million ceiling, no set-aside, awarded December 8, 2022, through November 14, 2027).

On federal service contracts captured in the Service Contract Inventory above the $150,000 reporting threshold, Aero Simulation invoiced $44.2 million across FY2022–FY2025, with $8.7 million in FY2022 across 56.7 FTEs, $12.1 million in FY2023 across 68.7 FTEs, $12.4 million in FY2024 across 54.2 FTEs, and $11 million in FY2025 across 63.1 FTEs. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts median around $74.11 per hour, with a range from $0 (likely minimum-guarantee orders) at the 10th percentile to $115.92 per hour at the 90th percentile, reflecting mixed labor composition across simulation engineering, training delivery, and sustainment roles. Aero Simulation builds most delivery teams internally; across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractor labor represents roughly 2 percent of total hours, with five named subcontractors appearing across the SCI dataset. In its subcontractor role (3% of recent awards), Aero Simulation performs flight simulation manufacturing, software development, and technical support work under Rockwell Collins Simulation & Training Solutions LLC on the HITS-IV (Helicopter Integrated Training System Phase IV) contract, with awards dating from January 2025 through October 2025 covering retrofit, tech refresh, cybersecurity updates, and DSSC (Distributed Simulation Steering Committee) modernization efforts at multiple installations.

PROVIDE SIMULATION ENGINEERING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; SIMULATOR UPGRADES, MODIFICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT; FLIGHT, AVIONICS, CONTROLS, MOTION SYSTEMS, INSTRUCTOR STATION.