Owyhee Air Research LLC

Owyhee Air Research LLC, a small business based in Nampa, Idaho, provides specialized aerial survey, remote sensing, and fixed-wing aircraft rental services to federal land management and environmental agencies as a prime contractor, operating exclusively under total small business set-asides and full-and-open competitive vehicles. The company is a subsidiary of Infinity Development Partners, LLC, also headquartered in Austin, Texas, and competes predominately under small-business set-asides across its $153.3 million combined federal award portfolio. Owyhee Air Research's concrete capability centers on low-altitude fixed-wing aircraft operations, infrared wildlife survey and mapping, aerial photography, fire detection and mapping support, and specialized aviation services for wildlife population monitoring, land management, and wildfire response missions.

Customer concentration is heavily tilted toward the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture. The top five Interior and USDA agencies account for 43% of awards by volume but only about 35% of combined potential value—a signal that Owyhee manages many small task orders against interior agencies while anchoring most of its dollar base in a smaller number of large fire-mapping and aircraft rental vehicles. The National Interagency Fire Center dominates the dollars, carrying 9 awards worth $78.6 million combined potential value, driven principally by a $6.7 million delivery order for sensor-enhanced fire mapping and crew support through December 2026 and the $6.1 million National Infrared Operations (NIROPS) single-award IDC for fire mapping through June 2026. The Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center and Office of Policy Management carry 12 awards totaling $19.5 million, anchored by an $9.98 million multiple-award BPA for on-call fixed-wing aircraft rental through 2027 and a $50 million single-award Land Management Integrated Resources (LMIR) BPA through March 2033. The Bureau of Land Management Idaho and Wyoming regions, U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service Intermountain Region, and Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 collectively place numerous small BPA calls ($4,000 to $250,000 range) for wildlife surveys, streamgage operations, and aerial photography across Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, and Alaska.

Owyhee Air Research holds five primary parent vehicles. The Forest Service's National Light Fixed-Wing Services multiple-award IDIQ ($55 million through 2033) and the LMIR BPA ($50 million through 2033) represent the largest IDVs; together they establish baseline capacity for fire operations, land management consulting, and general aviation support. The Department of the Interior's On-Call Fixed Wing Aircraft Rental Agreement BPA ($9.98 million through 2027) is a multiple-award vehicle generating the highest task-order count (65 orders documented, $1.8 million combined value) and serves Interior bureaus for wildlife surveys, fire support, and resource monitoring. The Forest Service's single-award NIROPS IDC ($6.1 million through 2026) is reserved exclusively for infrared fire-mapping end products. A fifth vehicle, the USDA Wildlife Services BPA ($500 thousand through February 2027), provides low-altitude fixed-wing pilot services for wildlife surveys in mountainous terrain near Nampa. Across these vehicles, Owyhee places work with the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Interagency Fire Center.

Award activity has moderated in recent years. Owyhee received 18 awards in 2022, declining to 10 in 2024 and 9 in 2025 (year to date 5 awards as of May 2026). Six awards carrying combined potential value of $7.1 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure. By award count, Owyhee operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontract footprint—all 201 documented awards are prime contracts or IDV vehicles. The company's category concentration is pronounced: 166 of 201 awards (82%) fall under NAICS 481211 (Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation) and PSC T262 (Passenger Air Charter), with secondary work in commercial aerial photography (NAICS 541921, 12 awards) and surveying and mapping services (NAICS 541370, 8 awards). Real invoiced obligations total $13.3 million against a combined potential value of $153.3 million, indicating early-stage drawdown on multi-year vehicles or execution concentration in the larger fire-mapping and aircraft-rental IDVs.