Helifire LLC

Helifire LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Atlanta, Georgia, manufactures and distributes aerial ignition spheres called "Dragon Eggs" to federal land management agencies as a prime contractor. The company operates as the authorized distributor for SEI Industries LLC original equipment manufacturer Dragon Eggs—specialized plastic devices containing ignition chemicals deployed from rotary-wing aircraft and unmanned aerial systems for prescribed burns and wildfire suppression on federal lands.

Helifire competes predominantly full-and-open, without set-aside posture, though one award carried a Total Small Business set-aside designation. Recent awards span the $2.2 million to $648 thousand range, with representative work including a $9 million single-award indefinite-delivery contract awarded by the Department of Agriculture's National Interagency Fire Center in May 2026 for approximately 4,000 cases annually through December 2028; a $553.8 thousand delivery order from the National Interagency Fire Center for 1,000 cases of Dragon Eggs awarded in June 2026; and a $563 thousand delivery order for 1,000 cases awarded in May 2026 under the same parent IDIQ. The company also holds a $250 thousand single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2, awarded in June 2023 and running through June 2028, establishing terms for helicopter transport and Dragon Egg services at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Texas.

Customer concentration is extremely narrow. The top customer by award count and potential value is the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center, accounting for 6 awards worth $10.8 million combined potential value—roughly 88% of all Helifire dollars. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R8-Southern Region places the second-highest volume (19 awards, $516 thousand), reflecting transactional purchase orders for regional field operations. The Forest Service and its component offices collectively account for approximately 98% of Helifire's combined potential value across nine distinct customer agencies, with minimal exposure to other federal land management entities.

Helifire's activity has grown year-over-year from eight awards in 2022 to ten in 2026, with combined potential value of $12.3 million across 39 awards. Four awards (combined potential value $710 thousand) reach completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The company operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontract footprint, performing all work directly. Performance locations include Atlanta and Dunwoody, Georgia; Williams, Arizona; Prescott, Arizona; and Forest Service ranger districts and national forests across the South, Midwest, and Mountain West. The parent IDIQ vehicle (1202SC26T2702) anchors four task orders worth $1.8 million and represents the primary vehicle structure for Helifire's National Interagency Fire Center work; the remainder of the footprint consists of individual purchase orders and delivery orders issued against no named parent vehicle. NAICS coding reflects Support Activities for Forestry (20 awards), Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing (10 awards), and Commercial and Industrial Machinery Repair and Maintenance (9 awards), with PSC codes split between Aircraft Bombing Fire Control Components and Fire Fighting Equipment (10 awards each).