Bridger Aerospace Group, LLC

Bridger Aerospace Group, LLC, a Belgrade, Montana-based for-profit limited liability company, supplies fixed-wing aerial firefighting and wildland fire management services to federal agencies exclusively as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards), competing predominantly under total small business set-asides across its indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements. The vendor operates four named subsidiaries—Mountain Air LLC, Bridger Air Tanker LLC, Bridger Aviation Repair LLC, and Flight Test & Mechanical Solutions, Inc.—that provide aircraft operations, tanker services, and mechanical support infrastructure for its core wildland fire suppression and aerial observation missions.

Bridger Aerospace concentrates its customer base within the Department of the Interior ecosystem. The top five funding entities account for 98% of recent awards, anchored by the National Interagency Fire Center (26 awards, $167.9 million combined potential value), followed by the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region (6 awards, $51.5 million), Bureau of Indian Affairs Western Region (8 awards, $49.9 million), Bureau of Indian Affairs Mid-West Region (5 awards, $49.8 million), and the Interior Business Center (2 awards, $28.6 million). The top customer ranking and potential-value ranking track closely, with NIFC commanding the largest dollar volume by substantial margin. Recent representative work includes a $5.7 million delivery order from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Western Region (July 2026) for air attack flight services with camera sensor and airborne remote sensor operator support, a $3.81 million order from the Mid-West Region (March 2026) for exclusive-use fixed-wing aerial tanker and sensor services across Bemidji, Double Eagle, and Ronan bases, and a $6.45 million order from the Western Region (January 2026) for exclusive-use fixed-wing air tanker and sensor services based in Bartlesville, Show Low, and Moses Lake.

Bridger Aerospace holds eight parent indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements. The largest vehicle is IDC 1202SA23T9404, a $165 million multiple-award contract with the National Interagency Fire Center for national light fixed-wing services running through December 31, 2033, from which 26 task orders totaling $5.6 million have been placed (as of the source date). Three Bureau of Indian Affairs single-award IDCs each carry $24 million ceilings: one for exclusive-use air attack services at Bemidji, Double Eagle, and Ronan (Mid-West Region, July 6, 2023, through December 31, 2026) and another for the same service at Okmulgee, Show Low, and Omak (Western Region, July 6, 2023, through December 31, 2026). A Bureau of Land Management single-award contract valued at $20.14 million (April 1, 2025, through March 31, 2030) covers fixed-wing fire exclusive use utility services at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Two additional vehicles—a $22 million on-call air attack contract with the Idaho Region (May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2028) and an $18.6 million multiple-award contract for fixed-wing on-call flight services with the Interior Business Center (April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2031)—round out the vehicle portfolio. A $9.98 million blanket purchase agreement with the Interior Business Center (January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2027) provides on-call fixed-wing aircraft rental services on a nationwide basis.

Award activity has grown from nine awards in 2023 to 17 in 2025, with 2026 showing six awards to date in the recent data. Twenty-nine awards (combined potential value $22.2 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating a moderate recompete cliff concentrated in seasonal delivery orders expiring December 31, 2026 and mid-summer 2026 completion dates that align with the wildfire season cycle. The vendor holds 100% prime awards with zero subcontractor awards in the portfolio, indicating Bridger Aerospace builds and operates its own delivery teams internally rather than teaming or serving as a feeder to larger integrators. Service Contract Inventory reporting shows SCI-reportable invoiced revenue of $6.4 million in FY2023 across 1.6 FTEs and $13.9 million in FY2024 across 8.0 FTEs, indicating significant FTE expansion year over year. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, government-paid median rates ran around $923.20 per hour, with senior labor pricing reaching the 90th percentile at $1,782.46 per hour and entry-level work priced around $668.87 per hour; across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors performed 0% of total contractor hours, confirming internal delivery and no sub-reliance on service lines. The vendor's service offering centers on fixed-wing aerial tanker operations, aerial observation and fire detection, exclusive-use and on-call air attack services with advanced sensor packages, emergency response logistics, and airborne remote sensor operator support — capabilities sized and equipped primarily for Department of the Interior wildland fire suppression and resource management operations across western and northern U.S. bases during peak fire seasons.

Bridger Aerospace combats wildfires across the United States. Bridger provides technologically advanced aerial services for wildfire response and suppression operations across the continental United States. Bridger operates best in-class Type 1 Air Attack platforms, pioneering UAV services and will be the leading provider of water scooper aircraft. Bridger is the next generation of Aerial Firefighting in America.