Helicopter Transport Services, LLC

Helicopter Transport Services, LLC, doing business as Martin State Airport, operates as a prime contractor providing helicopter-based aerial firefighting and emergency response services to federal agencies, predominantly the National Interagency Fire Center under the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The company is a for-profit limited liability company based in Marshallton, Delaware, with operational assets at Martin State Airport in Middle River, Maryland, and is a subsidiary of U.S. Hold CO., a foreign-owned parent entity.

Helicopter Transport Services delivers concrete aerial firefighting capabilities including water and retardant drops, fire crew and equipment transportation, medical evacuations, aerial reconnaissance, and mapping support for wildland fire suppression operations. Representative work includes a $1.35 million firm fixed-price delivery order from the National Interagency Fire Center (August 2025) for Type 1 helicopter support services in Middle River, Maryland; a $16.9 million total small business set-aside delivery order (May 2025) for Type 1 services in Pine Valley, California; and a $21.3 million total small business set-aside order (May 2025) for Lancaster, California operations. The company operates across 28 locations nationwide during fire season, with delivery orders typically carrying firm fixed-price structures and ultimate completion dates of December 31, 2029.

Customer concentration is acute. The National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 234 of 243 total awards (96% by count) and $1.01 billion of the $1.02 billion combined potential value (99%). The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region placed 4 awards ($3.4 million), the Department of the Army Installation Management Command Southeast Region placed 3 awards ($11.4 million), with the remaining two customer agencies placing single awards. Helicopter Transport Services operates exclusively as a prime contractor across its federal portfolio—100% prime split, no subcontract activity in the source data.

The company holds three primary parent vehicles. The Type 1 Helicopter Support Services 2025-2034 IDIQ carries a $50 million ceiling, effective through December 31, 2034, and has generated 35 task orders worth $218.3 million in combined potential value. The Basic Ordering Agreement 12024B20G5026 (expiring December 2024, now superseded) supported 192 task orders valued at $122.5 million. An earlier Indefinite Delivery Contract for National Exclusive Use Large Fire Support Helicopter Services, valued at $157 million and set aside for small businesses, and a $55 million Basic Ordering Agreement for National Call-When-Needed Helicopter Services have been referenced across the delivery order base. Work on the Type 1 vehicle spans locations including Rifle, Colorado; Sierra Vista, Arizona; Broomfield, Colorado; San Bernardino, California; La Grande, Oregon; Helena, Montana; Porterville, California; East Wenatchee, Washington; Lancaster, California; and Pine Valley, California.

Activity has declined sharply in recent fiscal years. The source records 100 awards in 2022, 45 in 2023, 46 in 2024, 32 in 2025, and 4 year-to-date in 2026 (as of July 1, 2026). The combined potential value across all awards remains $1.02 billion, with $803.1 million obligated (79% of potential). No awards carry small business set-asides at the delivery order level in the unrestricted section of the award portfolio, though several Type 1 delivery orders to specific geographic locations are designated as total small business set-asides. The vendor competes in full-and-open environments on the parent IDVs.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue on federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totals $1 million across FY2022–FY2024, with activity concentrated in FY2024 (0.9 FTEs). The median government-paid hourly rate derived from SCI records is $543.17/hr, with no subcontractor engagement reflected in the SCI dataset. SCI figures capture only a narrow slice of the vendor's federal services activity and do not represent total enterprise revenue; the bulk of the vendor's federal work is commodity-based helicopter asset provision rather than labor services reportable under SCI.