Air Resources Helicopters, Inc.

Air Resources Helicopters, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, operates as a prime contractor providing Type I, II, and III helicopter flight services and crews to federal land management, wildfire suppression, and emergency response operations across the continental United States. The vendor competes on full-and-open contracts with no set-aside designations on most awards, though it holds a handful of total small business set-aside IDIQs.

The vendor's customer base is heavily concentrated with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center, which accounts for 68 awards (84% of recent award count) with $207 million in combined potential value. The Department of the Interior holds the remainder of customer relationships through its Bureau of Land Management (5 awards, $4.4 million), Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 (4 awards, $2.2 million), Bureau of Indian Affairs Mid-West Region (3 awards, $1.6 million), and subordinate offices. The top-customers-by-potential-value ranking diverges sharply from award count: Interior's Departmental Offices Interior Business Center anchors a single $49.5 million multiple-award on-call Type III helicopter contract, and the Office of Policy Management and Budget holds a single $40 million Type 3 Helicopter Support Services contract through 2032, together accounting for 22% of combined potential value despite representing only 2 awards. This concentration reflects Air Resources' position on large, multi-year IDIQs issuing task orders on a call-when-needed basis rather than a high-volume transactional footprint.

Air Resources operates across five principal parent vehicles: an indefinite delivery contract (1202SA22T9232) with 35 task orders and $14.6 million combined potential value; the Type 1 Helicopter Support Services 2025-2034 IDIQ with 13 task orders and $12.3 million potential value; the Type 3 Helicopter Support Services 2023-2032 contract with 6 task orders and $5.4 million potential value; and two subordinate IDCs. Recent delivery orders span the full range of helicopter support work: a $7.513 million total small business set-aside order for Morgan, Utah (awarded March 25, 2025, through December 31, 2029) under Type 1; a $1.66 million non-set-aside order for Pocatello, Idaho (awarded January 29, 2025, through December 31, 2029) under Type 3; and a $3.524 million order for Mountain Center, California (awarded January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2028) under Type 3. Smaller orders valued between $29,695 and $797,787 are typical. Work involves wildland firefighting, aerial reconnaissance, prescribed burn assistance, equipment transport, personnel movement, and short-haul operations.

Award activity has accelerated sharply—from 14 awards in 2022 and 2023 to 28 in 2024—though 2025 and 2026 data in the source (15 and 5 awards respectively) reflect a partial-year snapshot. Only 5 awards with combined potential value of $315 thousand face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, suggesting limited near-term recompete pressure. The combined potential value across all 99 prime awards stands at $321.5 million, with $47.3 million obligated (15% burn rate), reflecting the call-when-needed posture typical of task-order vehicles.

SCI-reported invoicing on federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $2.8 million across FY2022–FY2024 (FY2023 showed zero invoicing). FY2022 logged $2.3 million across 4.7 FTEs; FY2024 showed $556 thousand across 1.2 FTEs. On these SCI-reportable prime contracts, government-paid hourly rates ranged from a 10th percentile of $126.12/hr to a median of $213.17/hr and a 90th percentile of $650.39/hr, reflecting a mix of standard flight crew labor and senior technical or management-level billing. Air Resources operates 100% as a prime contractor (zero sub-awards in the source record) and engages zero average sub-hours share on SCI-reportable contracts, indicating a vertically integrated delivery model built on its own helicopter fleet and internal crew staffing rather than subcontractor reliance. The vendor's NAICS footprint is split between Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation (63 awards) and Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation (36 awards), with PSC concentration in Natural Resources/Conservation – Forest-Range Fire Suppression (71 awards).

Air Resources Helicopters, Inc provides air transportation services for passengers and cargo. The Company specializes in mountainous terrain, high altitude, and international operations.