Freefly Systems Inc.

Freefly Systems Inc., a Woodinville, Washington-based manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles and specialized aviation equipment, operates as a prime contractor (96% of recent awards) supplying heavy-lift and multi-rotor drone platforms, aerial ignition systems, and integrated payloads to federal civilian and defense agencies on a full-and-open competitive basis with no socioeconomic set-asides.

Freefly's capability portfolio centers on the ALTA X heavy-lift unmanned aircraft system, the ASTRO and ASTRO MAX multi-rotor platforms, the Pilot Pro ground control system, and the IGNIS 2 aerial ignition system for wildland firefighting integration, along with associated batteries, gimbals, cameras, spare parts, and ground control stations. Recent prime work includes a $665 thousand National Interagency Fire Center BPA call in June 2025 for ALTA X and Astro UAS with equipment; a $310 thousand NIFC contract in April 2024 for eleven ALTA X drones with spare parts and integration services; a $423 thousand U.S. Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management BPA call in September 2024 for UAS equipment and supplies; and multiple Office of Policy Management and Budget BPA calls ranging from $10 thousand to $290 thousand for ALTA X platforms and IGNIS 2 systems between December 2025 and July 2026.

Customer concentration is pronounced. The top five funding agencies account for 97% of combined potential value across 95 awards. The Department of the Army Forces Command anchors the portfolio at $25 million (a single Master BPA awarded August 2025 for Blue List-compliant unmanned aircraft systems through August 2030), followed by the Department of the Interior's Office of Policy Management and Budget (39 awards, $14.2 million combined potential value) and the National Interagency Fire Center (20 awards, $12.5 million combined potential value). NASA Shared Services Center, Customs and Border Protection, and the U.S. Air Force round out the active set. Interior and NIFC drive volume; Army drives dollars.

Freefly holds five parent vehicles totaling approximately $40.75 million in ceiling value. The $25 million Army Forces Command Master BPA (August 2025–August 2030) for Blue List unmanned aircraft systems and parts is the largest. The $9 million Department of the Interior sole-source BPA (April 2026–April 2031) for ALTA X, ASTRO MAX, and future Freefly UAS with IGNIS integration is the newest and designated total small business set-aside despite Freefly's lack of SBA certification, suggesting Interior's characterization of the vendor. The $7.25 million single-award National Interagency Fire Center BPA (April 2022–April 2027) for UAS with IGNIS capabilities has generated nineteen task orders totaling $5.2 million. The $5 million Customs and Border Protection BPA (September 2024–December 2026) for ALTA X and Astro Blue SUAS 2.0 is structured as a multiple-award vehicle under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule. The $3.1 million Department of the Interior BPA (February 2023–February 2026) for ALTA X and IGNIS 2 systems generated twenty-five task orders totaling $1.7 million. Freefly also holds a $500 thousand GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract (March 2023–March 2028) with six documented task orders totaling $5.2 million. A December 2025 Army Contracting Command Basic Ordering Agreement for drones and drone components (through December 2030) carries no specified ceiling and indicates Army's intent to expand drone procurement capacity across platforms.

Activity has grown substantially — sixteen awards in 2022 to twenty-five in 2024, with twenty-four in 2025 and fifteen through mid-July 2026. Twenty awards (combined potential value $2.3 million) reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and face recompete risk. The vendor's portfolio is heavily weighted to wildland firefighting, emergency response, and Department of Interior research missions; recent diversification into Army Blue List compliance and Navy Special Operations Forces training reflects expanding defense exposure.

In its subcontractor role (4% of recent awards), Freefly supplies ALTA X drones and ASTRO platforms to Applied Research Associates for the XM123 Autonomous Breaching System, to Valiant Global Defense Services for Navy Special Operations Forces training support, to Atlantic Diving Supply for classified ASTRO procurement, and to Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for electronic warfare backfit engineering materials. Across both prime and sub work, Freefly competes full-and-open without set-aside protection, positioning it as a commercially competitive vendor in the federal unmanned systems market.