Airbus Helicopters, Inc.

Airbus Helicopters, Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer headquartered in Grand Prairie, Texas, provides original equipment manufacturer (OEM) spare parts, repair and maintenance services, and training support for the MH-65 Dolphin helicopter fleet operated by the U.S. Coast Guard as a prime contractor on sole-source, non-competitive delivery orders and indefinite-delivery contracts. The company competes exclusively under full-and-open, non-set-aside procurement vehicles, reflecting its exclusive OEM status and the nonavailability of alternative sources for specialized helicopter components.

Airbus Helicopters operates as a subsidiary of Airbus US Space & Defense Inc., itself a subsidiary of the global Airbus Group. The vendor's federal award footprint is heavily concentrated in MH-65 platform support: over 12,000 federal awards across all sources since 1993, with recent activity spanning 204 awards in 2026 through mid-July. The company's concrete capability profile centers on procurement and delivery of discrete MH-65 spare parts—rotor blade assemblies, servo tail rotor components, structural and mechanical assemblies, electronic systems, seals, bearings, fasteners, hoses, and related components—along with repair services (main rotor blade repair, servo control maintenance) and specialized helicopter training (H-145 and H-160 familiarization and maintenance training). Representative named work includes a $1.69 billion delivery order from the Coast Guard in January 2026 for various MH-65 spares; a $35.1 million single-award indefinite-delivery contract awarded April 2026 covering 254 line items of spare parts through December 2030; a $7.4 million Coast Guard IDIQ (September 2024 through December 2028) for on-demand MH-65 components; and a $40,031 purchase order for two repaired servo tail rotor assemblies (January 2026).

Customer concentration is acute: the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard accounts for 9,661 awards (79% of awards in the source, $7.99 billion combined potential value, representing 42% of total potential value). The second and third largest customers—DHS Customs and Border Protection (129 awards, $1.07 billion) and the Army's PEO Aviation (2 awards, $520.8 million)—account for far smaller shares by award count, though CBP and Army both anchor significant dollar exposure. The Department of the Navy Naval Air Warfare Center holds 15 awards valued at $169.8 million, primarily for UH-72A helicopter support.

Airbus Helicopters holds multiple master vehicle positions, all centered on Coast Guard MH-65 support. The largest is IDIQ Contract HSCG3807D200001 (254 task orders, $6.35 billion combined potential value)—a single-award indefinite-delivery vehicle running through December 2030 and covering comprehensive MH-65 spare parts. The company also operates under the HH65 Spare Parts 2011-2014 vehicle (367 task orders, $72.4 million), IDIQ HSCG3808D200001 (182 task orders, $855.8 million), and IDIQ HSCG3817D200004 (179 task orders, $14.1 million). Every Coast Guard award examined in the source carries a FAR 25.103(b)(1) nonavailability class determination and Buy American Act exception, establishing Airbus Helicopters as the sole-source OEM for MH-65 components with no competitive alternatives available.

Activity has declined modestly over the past five fiscal years: 604 awards in 2022, 548 in 2023, 610 in 2024, 428 in 2025, and 204 through mid-2026. Within the next twenty-four months, 331 awards face ultimate completion dates, with combined potential value of $93.5 million—representing moderate recompete exposure. The award portfolio is dominated by spare parts procurement (NAICS 336413, Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing: 10,777 awards) and aircraft manufacturing (1,235 awards), with secondary work in engineering services and flight training.

SCI-reported service contract activity is minimal: $7.7 million in invoiced revenue across 22 records (19 prime, 3 sub) spanning FY2022–FY2024. Prime contract SCI revenue was $5 million in FY2022 (2.2 FTEs) and $2.7 million in FY2024 (9.0 FTEs); FY2023 showed zero SCI-reportable activity. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the vendor delivered roughly 128 FTEs total over the period. Government-paid hourly rates on federal service contracts show median around $167/hr, with the spectrum ranging from approximately $118/hr at the 10th percentile to $623/hr at the 90th percentile. The vendor subcontracts minimally on SCI-reportable prime contracts (3% average sub-hours share across three named subcontractors), building delivery teams largely with its own staff.

In its subcontractor role, Airbus Helicopters performs aircraft maintenance and logistics support work under Amentum Services, Inc., delivering specialized components and repair services including pitch change spider modifications, microswitch retrofits, servo control maintenance, starter-generator refurbishment, and spherical thrust bearing support (five named sub-awards, February–March 2026). The company's prime-to-sub split across all federal awards is 99% prime (12,333 awards), 1% sub (64 awards)—reflecting its established position as the authoritative OEM rather than as a feeder to larger primes.