Bridger Aerospace Group, LLC

Bridger Aerospace Group, LLC, a Belgrade, Montana-based small business limited liability company, operates as a prime contractor supplying fixed-wing aerial firefighting and wildland fire management services to federal agencies exclusively, with no subcontractor reliance. The vendor competes under total small business set-asides on most of its parent indefinite-delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements, though task orders flow both set-aside and full-and-open, reflecting the competitive landscape of its customer agencies' procurement strategies.

Bridger Aerospace delivers fixed-wing air attack services with advanced sensor packages, airborne remote sensor operators, exclusive-use aerial tanker services, and on-call flight operations supporting wildfire suppression, resource management, fire detection, aerial observation, emergency response, and logistical support across western and northern U.S. bases. The company operates four subsidiaries—Mountain Air LLC, Bridger Air Tanker LLC, Bridger Aviation Repair LLC, and Flight Test & Mechanical Solutions, Inc.—providing aircraft operations, tanker services, and mechanical support infrastructure. Representative recent work includes a $5.3 million delivery order from the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs Western Region (February 2027) for 2027 air attack flight services with camera sensors and airborne remote sensor operator support at Bozeman, Montana; a $5.7 million exclusive-use air attack order from the same agency (July 2026) at Show Low, Arizona and subordinate bases; a $3.8 million exclusive-use fixed-wing aerial tanker and sensor order from the BIA Mid-West Region (March 2026) at Bemidji, Minnesota, Double Eagle, New Mexico, and Ronan, Montana; and a $3.27 million fixed-wing fire exclusive-use utility delivery order from the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region (March 2026) at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

Customer concentration sits with Interior Department agencies. The top five customers account for 98% of awards by count and 100% of combined potential value. The National Interagency Fire Center (a component of the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management) dominates both volume and dollars, with 29 awards totaling $168.2 million combined potential value. The Bureau of Indian Affairs Western Region holds 9 awards ($55.6 million), the BIA Mid-West Region holds 5 awards ($54 million), the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region holds 6 awards ($51.5 million), and the Interior Business Center holds 2 awards ($28.6 million). This concentration reflects the vendor's specialized position in the federal wildfire response supply chain.

Bridger Aerospace holds eight parent indefinite-delivery contracts and one blanket purchase agreement, anchored by a $165 million multiple-award IDIQ with the National Interagency Fire Center for national light fixed-wing services running through December 31, 2033 (29 task orders, $5.9 million combined potential value from the task-order subset in the source). Two single-award BIA contracts each carry $24 million ceilings—one with the Western Region for exclusive-use air attack services at Okmulgee, Oklahoma; Show Low, Arizona; and Omak, Washington through December 31, 2026 (5 task orders, $16.3 million combined potential value), and one with the Mid-West Region for the same services at Bemidji, Double Eagle, and Ronan through December 31, 2026 (4 task orders, $18.2 million combined potential value). A $20.14 million single-award IDIQ with the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region covers fixed-wing fire exclusive-use utility services at Fort Wainwright, Alaska through March 31, 2030. A $22 million multiple-award IDIQ with the BIA Idaho Region provides on-call air attack flight services through April 30, 2028. The Interior Business Center awarded a $18.6 million multiple-award IDIQ on April 1, 2026 for fixed-wing on-call flight services effective through March 31, 2031, and a $9.98 million blanket purchase agreement for on-call fixed-wing aircraft rental services through December 31, 2027. A $24 million single-award BIA Mid-West Region contract for exclusive-use air attack services also extends through December 31, 2026.

Award activity has grown year over year from 9 awards in 2023 to a peak of 17 in 2025, with 15 in 2024, 10 in 2026, and 1 in 2027 (a recent delivery order). Twenty-seven awards (combined potential value $14 million) face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and therefore present recompete exposure. Bridger Aerospace competes 100% as a prime contractor with zero subcontract activity in its portfolio, indicating full internal delivery of aircraft operations, flight crew, airborne sensor operators, and support services.

Service Contract Inventory reporting shows the vendor's federal services footprint growing from $6.4 million in FY2023 across 1.6 FTEs to $13.9 million in FY2024 across 8.0 FTEs and $19 million in FY2025 across 11.5 FTEs. Government-paid median hourly rates run around $923.20 per hour, with senior labor pricing through $1,782.46 per hour, reflecting the specialized skill set and high utilization rates of pilot and airborne remote sensor operator roles. SCI captures service contracts above the $150,000 threshold and excludes goods, aircraft, and non-federal revenue; SCI-reported figures represent a fraction of the vendor's total federal award footprint and a smaller portion of total enterprise revenue.

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.