Airbus DS Military Aircraft, Inc.

Airbus DS Military Aircraft, Inc., operating as Airbus Military North America from its Arlington, Colorado headquarters with an FAA-certified repair facility in Mobile, Alabama, is the original equipment manufacturer and sole-source provider of HC-144 maritime patrol aircraft maintenance, repair, overhaul, and spare parts to the U.S. Coast Guard, competing full-and-open without SBA set-aside designations.

The vendor is a foreign-owned subsidiary of Airbus US Space & Defense Inc. The federal award portfolio is dominated by the Coast Guard (1,825 awards, 91% of all awards, $245.7 million combined potential value). Across recent years, Airbus DS Military Aircraft has sustained activity at 82–111 awards annually, with a combined potential value of $269.7 million and obligations of $201.1 million (75% of ceiling) across 2,013 total prime awards since 1986. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor; sub-award exposure is negligible (5 sub awards, less than 1% of portfolio).

Capability footprint centers on HC-144 component repairs, spare parts procurement, and logistics support. Representative work includes a $1.4 million delivery order for nose landing gear overhaul (August 25, 2026, Coast Guard), a $3.04 million procurement of various spare parts including oxygen systems and avionics equipment (January 26, 2026, completion June 23, 2028, Coast Guard), a $437,107 delivery order for HC-144 spare parts (September 14, 2026, Coast Guard), and a $1.57 million Foreign Military Sales propeller contract for Mexico under Coast Guard administration (September 26, 2025, completion June 30, 2028). The vendor also delivered a $598,066 sustaining engineering and field service representative contract (April 5, 2026, Coast Guard, performance in Arlington, Virginia). Recent minor activity includes a $2,055 engineering action repair procedure order from U.S. Special Operations Command (July 14, 2026) and various smaller Coast Guard specialty component procurements ($50–$350 thousand range).

The Coast Guard accounts for 91% of award count and 91% of potential value, with near-complete concentration on HC-144 fleet sustainment. Top parent vehicles reflect this: IDC 70Z03821DL0000002 (125 task orders, $18.3 million), IDC HSCG3815DL00001 (119 task orders, $8 million), and IDC 70Z03826DL0000001 (31 task orders, $15.2 million). The vendor holds a primary $39.43 million single-award IDC with the Coast Guard (awarded November 21, 2025, completion November 20, 2030) and earlier $21.77 million IDC (January 2021–January 2026) for HC-144 spare parts and sustainment. Delivery orders under these vehicles carry Class Determination for Nonavailability Articles under FAR 25.103(b)(1), codifying the vendor's sole-source status.

NAICS concentration runs toward parts manufacturing (1,385 awards under 336413 — Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and air transportation support (550 awards), with PSC concentration on aircraft component maintenance/repair (670 awards) and miscellaneous aircraft accessories (389 awards).

Service Contract Inventory reporting shows modest SCI-reportable federal services activity: $7.6 million invoiced in FY2023, $12.7 million in FY2024, and $2.5 million in FY2025, across 2.6–4.0 FTEs on the federal services side. Median government-paid hourly rates on these contracts ran around $775/hr, with a spectrum from $37.33/hr (10th percentile) to $1,787.95/hr (90th percentile), reflecting mixed labor categories (technical, field service, engineering). The vendor performs work self-delivered with no subcontractor engagement on SCI-reportable prime records (0% sub-hours share).

Sixty-one awards (combined potential value $24.5 million) are scheduled for completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. Airbus's market position for HC-144 sustainment remains unchallenged — the vendor's OEM status and exclusive technical data access sustain sole-source procurement justifications across recurring Coast Guard delivery orders for component repairs, spare parts, and logistics support to this maritime patrol platform.