Erickson Incorporated

Erickson Incorporated, a for-profit aerospace manufacturer and aviation services provider headquartered in Central Point, Oregon, operates as a prime contractor on full-and-open federal aerial services and rotorcraft training contracts, with no small business set-asides across its recent federal portfolio. The company manufactures and operates S-64 Air Crane heavy-lift helicopters and delivers helicopter pilot training, aircraft component manufacturing, and specialized aerial firefighting services to civilian federal agencies, with 98% of awards as prime contractor and 2% as subcontractor.

Erickson's customer base concentrates heavily on civilian agencies, with the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center driving 56 awards (combined potential value $360.8 million) and anchor 34% of the firm's combined potential value across all awards. The United States Special Operations Command holds two awards with combined potential value of $1.3 billion, representing 75% of Erickson's total federal footprint and anchoring the firm's largest single opportunity. The Department of the Interior Departmental Offices, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration, and the Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command round out the top five customer agencies. Award concentration by dollars and count diverge materially: by count, USDA-NIFC dominates; by potential value, SOCOM's two awards dwarf all other customers combined, signaling a small number of very large opportunities alongside a steady stream of smaller wildland firefighting task orders.

Erickson holds five active parent vehicles: a $25.3 million Basic Ordering Agreement (12024B20G5018) with 48 task orders for Forest Service wildland firefighting services, an indefinite delivery contract (140697801812FS) with five task orders for SOCOM military freefall and static line training and support, a $646 thousand indefinite delivery contract (6973GH22D00026) with five task orders, and two additional IDICs with three task orders each. The firm also holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract from the Federal Aviation Administration (awarded January 7, 2022, with ceiling $1.944 million and ultimate completion date January 9, 2027) for SK-64 helicopter pilot training in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, against which five delivery orders have been placed since award. Recent representative work includes a $1.286 million firm fixed-price delivery order from the National Interagency Fire Center (July 1, 2024) for S-64 Air Crane helicopters and aircrews for aerial water and retardant drops supporting wildland firefighting, a $172.6 thousand delivery order from Department of Defense Headquarters (July 15, 2025) for OAT Sikorsky SK-64 initial training, and a $860.5 thousand delivery order from NIFC (July 16, 2024) for S-64 Air Crane helicopter and aircrew provision.

Activity trajectory shows sustained growth from 2021 through 2023 (3 to 26 awards annually) followed by a significant decline in 2024 and 2025 (5 and 3 awards respectively). The source data window captures total awards of 164 with combined potential value of $1.73 billion and combined obligated dollars of $469.3 million (27% of potential value), suggesting a large pipeline of task-order vehicles carrying unfunded ceiling. Work is performed across multiple locations, with Portland, Oregon serving as the primary base for aerial firefighting operations and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma as the location for helicopter pilot training delivery. Erickson subcontracts as a parts supplier to Bell Textron on aircraft component work (drag brace assemblies, directional braces, and yoke assemblies awarded December 15, 2025 and February 7, 2024), representing a small sub footprint relative to its prime presence.

The firm's capability portfolio spans four distinct revenue streams: nonscheduled chartered freight air transportation (62 awards), flight training (12 awards), nonscheduled chartered passenger air transportation (11 awards), and other support activities for air transportation (9 awards), with concentrated procurement codes anchored in natural resources and conservation (82 awards in forest-range fire suppression and presuppression) and transportation-travel-relocation for passenger air charter (30 awards). Erickson Incorporated holds three named subsidiaries—Erickson Inc., Erickson Helicopters Inc., and Erickson Transport Inc.—which align with its diversified service offerings in aircraft manufacturing, operations, and specialized aviation support.

Founded in 1971, Erickson Incorporated (Erickson) has been fixing, flying and supporting aircraft for nearly 50 years. Our staff of just over 750 has successfully sustained complex aircraft, maintenance, and flight operations on six continents. In 1992, Erickson acquired the Type Certificate and the Production Certificate from Sikorsky for the S-64/CH-54 helicopter, making us the OEM on that platform. In 2013, Erickson acquired Evergreen Helicopters, bringing our fleet of 20 Aircranes to 103 fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft and 15 type/ model/series of platforms in our capability. We are a Critical Safety Item supplier for Sikorsky and Bell products. Erickson has two other wholly-owned entities to conduct various aspects of our business: Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated performs firefighting services. CAGE Code: 9R802; DUNS: 076414135. Erickson Helicopters, Inc. performs air transport of passengers and cargo for Federal customers using a variety of fixed-and rotary-wing aircraft.