Coastal Helicopters, Inc.

Coastal Helicopters, Inc., a Panama City, Florida-based for-profit Subchapter S corporation, operates as a prime contractor delivering specialized aircraft testing support labor, helicopter leasing, and air services to the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) under single-award indefinite delivery contracts and delivery orders in the open federal marketplace without set-aside designations. The vendor competes on merit and holds no SBA certifications.

Coastal Helicopters' federal footprint is singularly concentrated with NAVSEA. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command accounts for 100% of the vendor's award count (65 awards, $53.5 million combined potential value) and combined potential value; two small awards from the Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research and one from Naval Education and Training Command round out a customer set of four Navy entities. Recent capability work includes a $1.67 million delivery order for COBRA TEST EVENT 2 support at Eglin Air Force Base (July 2023), an $862,284 delivery order for test support services in Oceanside, California under the SeaPort-e IDIQ (August 2023), a $275,590 delivery order for test preparation and fabrication support for the MK68 weapon system (April 2026), and a $55,042 delivery order for test preparation and air testing support at Eglin Air Force Base (September 2025). Work encompasses test event support, aircraft flight hours, helicopter leasing, pilot and technical crew deployment, aircraft preparation and installation, demobilization and packaging, and field preparation across multiple performance locations in Florida and California.

Coastal Helicopters holds three primary parent vehicles. An Indefinite Delivery Contract (N6133112D0010) valued at $17.6 million with an ultimate completion date of October 31, 2026, anchors the vendor's work as the single awardee; 25 task orders under this vehicle carry $4.4 million in combined potential value. Two additional single-award IDCs (N6133117D0007 and N6133123D0001) support 17 and 9 task orders respectively, with combined potential values of $5.6 million and $3.3 million. The category concentration reflects the vendor's air support specialization: 57 of 69 awards fall under Other Support Activities for Air Transportation (NAICS 488190), with remaining awards distributed across R&D in physical and engineering sciences, commercial equipment rental and leasing, and turbine manufacturing. Top PSC codes are Aircraft, Rotary Wing (29 awards) and Aircraft, Fixed Wing (6 awards).

Coastal Helicopters also operates as a subcontractor on Navy research and development programs. Recent sub work includes helicopter rental and flight testing support to Arete Associates (July 2025, January 2025, October 2024) and Special Projects and Operational Testing (SPOT) services to HII Mission Technologies Corp supporting Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (July 2024, May 2024). Activity shows flat to modest growth, with six awards in 2025 and two in 2026 year to date, while only one award ($276 thousand potential value) faces ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal near-term recompete exposure.

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