Aery Aviation, LLC

Aery Aviation, LLC, doing business as Patriot Flight Systems, is a small business aviation services prime contractor headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, competing full-and-open (no set-aside designation on most work) to deliver electronic warfare operations, aircrew and maintenance training, air ambulance medical transportation, and specialized aviation logistics to the Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies. The company operates as a 100% prime contractor—all 53 recent awards are prime contracts or indefinite delivery contracts—across eight federal customer agencies, with a combined potential value of $1.03 billion and recent activity concentrated in FY2025 (26 awards) and FY2026 (10 awards).

Aery Aviation's customer concentration is stark and defense-dominant. The Naval Air Warfare Center (Naval Air Systems Command) accounts for 29 awards and $681.7 million in combined potential value, representing 55% of the aggregate dollar value across the portfolio and 92% of award count coverage when grouped with the top four other customers. Within that Naval Air Warfare Center footprint, Aery Aviation holds a $52.6 million single-award electronic warfare services indefinite delivery contract (awarded March 20, 2025, running through May 12, 2027) for High Endurance Electronic Warfare Jet (HEEWJ) capabilities including electronic attack and target/banner tow operations supporting Fleet air training and certification events. As of March 2026, 27 delivery orders totaling $29.1 million had been issued under that vehicle—the largest task-order producer in the portfolio. Secondary customers include the Air Education and Training Command (3 awards, $194.7 million potential value), driven by a $194.5 million multiple-award indefinite delivery contract (awarded September 30, 2022, through September 29, 2032, set-aside for total small business) for aircrew and maintenance training on fixed-wing and rotary-wing COTS platforms serving FMS partner nations and U.S. Government requirements with international performance locations including Kenya. The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (1 award, $73 million potential value) awarded a single-award emergency air and ground transportation indefinite delivery contract (April 15, 2025, through April 14, 2030, total small business set-aside) procuring aeromedical evacuation, ground transportation, and movement of medical workers and isolation units across CONUS, OCONUS, U.S. Territories, and Freely Associated States. Air Mobility Command (7 awards, $42.1 million combined potential value) holds a $42 million single-award blanket purchase agreement for air ambulance services through September 30, 2027. The Coast Guard (7 awards, $29.8 million combined potential value) and Pacific Air Forces (3 awards, $10 million combined potential value) round out the top five; Coast Guard work centers on wire harness support and electrical components for MH-65 aircraft, while Pacific Air Forces covers banner tow services at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska.

Aery Aviation's concrete capability portfolio centers on electronic attack and target/banner tow operations for electronic warfare training and certification; aircrew and maintenance training delivery on Cessna 208, AT-6, A-29, and King Air fixed-wing platforms and S-70, MD-500, and Bell 200/400 rotary-wing platforms; air ambulance medical transportation and emergency aeromedical evacuation; aircraft modifications and wire harness installation; and specialized aviation logistics support. Recent significant deliverables include a $21.5 million monthly fixed engineering and test-and-training operating costs delivery order (May 13, 2025, Naval Air Warfare Center HEEWJ facility at Newport News), a $258,147.94 electronic attack services and travel delivery order (July 1, 2025, Naval Air Warfare Center), a $171,032.16 aircrew and maintenance training delivery order in Kenya (November 18, 2024, Air Education and Training Command), and a $12.3 million Gulfstream G550 long-range command-and-control aircraft lease to the Coast Guard (June 1, 2025, with performance from Reagan National Airport, Washington, DC). Aery Aviation also holds a GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract (January 15, 2025, through January 14, 2030) covering 17 labor categories spanning Aircrew Training Devices Instructors (Non-Rated) at $82.27 per hour through Program Managers and Consultants at $170.94 per hour, with education requirements from high school to bachelor's degree and no security-cleared positions offered.

Service Contract Inventory reporting captures four records (all prime, zero as named subcontractor) spanning FY2022 through FY2025, representing a partial subset of federal services work above the $150,000 reporting threshold. SCI-reported invoiced revenue totaled $5.7 million ($2.8 million each in FY2022 and FY2023, with no FY2025 activity in the dataset), with an FTE trajectory of 29.9 in FY2022 declining to 26.9 in FY2023 and 0.0 in FY2025 (likely reflecting reporting lag or contract-level data aggregation). Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable work ran a median of $50.98 per hour, spanning a 10th percentile of $46.19 and a 90th percentile of $51.31. The vendor reported zero average sub-hours share across prime contracts, indicating internal delivery on SCI-reportable work. This SCI activity represents only a narrow slice of Aery Aviation's federal footprint; the bulk of the portfolio carries fixed-price delivery orders and BPA calls rather than service contracts subject to SCI reporting thresholds.

Activity velocity has accelerated sharply: one award in FY2023, two in FY2024, twenty-six in FY2025, and ten in FY2026, with the most recent award on May 12, 2027. Seven awards (combined potential value $5.3 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and thus recompete exposure. The vendor operates a named subsidiary, Strategic Airborne Operations JV, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, though the source does not detail its role within the corporate structure or current activity level.

Aviation engineering services. Aircraft flight operations and training