Drake Air, Inc.

Drake Air, Inc., a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based subsidiary of Ametek Inc., provides specialized aircraft component repair and remanufacturing services to the U.S. Coast Guard, Air Force, and Navy as a prime contractor competing in the full-and-open marketplace without socioeconomic set-aside certifications. The company specializes in heat exchanger and oil cooler repair, remanufacture, and re-coring for military rotorcraft and transport aircraft, with secondary capabilities in radiator and other thermal management component repair.

Drake Air operates almost entirely as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) across four federal customer agencies, with extreme customer concentration anchored by the Coast Guard and Air Force. The top two customers account for 99.5% of combined potential value: the Air Force Sustainment Center dominates by dollar magnitude with 14 awards valued at $474.5 million, while the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard leads by award count with 136 awards valued at $8.4 million. This concentration reflects Drake Air's strategic role as a single-award IDIQ holder for both agencies. The Navy's Naval Supply Systems Command and the Army together represent minimal exposure (5 awards, $251 thousand). Activity has grown from 9–11 awards annually in 2023–2024 to 16 awards in 2026, with only $5.5 million obligated against $483.2 million in combined potential value across the portfolio.

Drake Air holds five principal parent indefinite delivery contracts. The Air Force Sustainment Center awarded three major IDCs: a $470.978 billion multiple-award KC-46 Commercial Aircraft Strategic Parts Exchange and Repair contract (effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2031) under which Drake Air has issued one $500 delivery order to date; a $1.186 billion single-award C-5 Galaxy Primary and Secondary Heat Exchanger remanufacturing IDIQ (awarded February 23, 2026, through February 23, 2031) supporting an estimated delivery rate of one remanufactured unit per 30 days; and a $387,050 single-award E-3 Primary/Secondary Heat Exchanger remanufacture IDIQ (awarded May 20, 2026, through May 19, 2031) with a firm-fixed-price requirements structure and a two-unit-every-30-days delivery schedule. The Coast Guard awarded two single-award IDCs: a $2.778 billion MH-65E heat exchanger repair contract (awarded June 23, 2025, through June 22, 2030) supporting approximately 30 units per year, which has received approximately $2.5 million in task orders to date, and a $1.187 billion MH-65 oil cooler repair and re-coring IDIQ (awarded June 1, 2022, through May 31, 2027). A Coast Guard MH-60T heat exchanger repair contract valued at $158,265 (awarded August 23, 2022, through August 22, 2027) rounds out the vehicle portfolio. Recent delivery orders under Coast Guard vehicles include repairs valued at $1.006 million (January 26, 2026), $526,575 (June 25, 2025), and $526,204 (May 15, 2026). Task order activity under the five principal parent vehicles totals at least 71 delivery orders across the portfolio.

Representative capability work spans rotorcraft and transport aircraft platforms. Drake Air delivered MH-65E heat exchanger repairs under firm fixed-price delivery orders to the Coast Guard valued at $308,597 (August 18, 2026), $46,117 (May 15, 2026), and $18,206 (May 5, 2026). Oil cooler repair work for MH-65 aircraft generated orders of $37,698 (August 11, 2026), $40,320 (January 15, 2026), and $44,360 (February 19, 2026). The Air Force Sustainment Center awarded delivery orders for C-5 Galaxy heat exchanger remanufacture and re-coring valued at $168,934 (May 28, 2024) and $100,540 (June 20, 2023). The Navy awarded a $173,484 H-60 radiator purchase order (January 28, 2026) and a $52,224 heat sink assembly repair order (June 17, 2026) limited to three pre-approved sources including Drake Air. Firm fixed-price structures dominate all awards; no set-aside designations appear in the portfolio.

NAICS coding shows concentration in aircraft parts manufacturing (NAICS 336413) and air transportation support (NAICS 488190). Primary Service Classification codes track similarly: 72 awards under Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuild of Aircraft Components and Accessories; 20 awards for Engine Accessories maintenance and repair; 10 awards for Aircraft Air Conditioning, Heating, and Pressurizing Equipment. Five awards complete in the next 24 months with combined potential value of $1.1 million, presenting minimal recompete exposure. Drake Air executes all work at its Tulsa, Oklahoma facility with no disclosed subcontract footprint in the source material. As a division of Ametek Inc., a global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with extensive federal contracting experience across defense and aerospace sectors, Drake Air benefits from parent-company scale and technical infrastructure while operating as a standalone federal contractor.