Pilatus Aircraft USA LTD.

Pilatus Aircraft USA LTD, doing business as Pilatus Business Aircraft, manufactures and supplies single-engine turbine aircraft (PC-12 series) and aviation support services to federal agencies primarily as a prime contractor on direct delivery orders and blanket purchase agreements, with substantial secondary work as a subcontractor providing aircraft parts and components under special access programs. The company is foreign-owned, for-profit, headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado (with a facility in Westminster, Colorado), and competes full-and-open with no set-aside designations across its prime footprint.

Pilatus holds a $140 million single-award indefinite-delivery contract with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (awarded September 30, 2022, with ultimate completion September 29, 2027) for procurement of single-engine turbine aircraft meeting FBI Critical Incident Response Group requirements including PT6 turbine engines, pressurized cabins, electro-optical/infrared sensors, autothrottle, and nine-occupant capacity with 900 pounds of cargo. The IDIQ falls under NAICS 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing) with a 1,500-employee small-business size standard. Under this parent vehicle, Pilatus has received five major delivery orders: $21.5 million (September 30, 2022, completion February 7, 2025), $10.8 million (September 29, 2023, completion April 29, 2025), $12.8 million (September 18, 2024, completion August 31, 2026), $40.5 million (May 7, 2026, completion November 30, 2027), and $13.5 million (September 30, 2026, completion June 30, 2029). All delivery orders carry fixed-price-with-economic-price-adjustment pricing and are issued by the Department of Defense Headquarters Division on behalf of the FBI. The Department of Customs and Border Protection issued a separate $25.8 million delivery order against the same parent IDIQ on September 18, 2025 (completion September 17, 2027) for PC-12 aircraft for CBP Air and Marine Operations. Pilatus also holds two single-award BPAs under the FBI IDIQ: a $1 million BPA for Pilatus tools and parts (awarded July 29, 2024, completion July 28, 2029) and a $4.99 million BPA for aviation training services (awarded December 2, 2023, completion December 1, 2028), with recent BPA calls including $136 thousand for tools and parts (August 19, 2026) and $6,900 for maintenance training (May 23, 2024).

Customer concentration is extreme: the FBI Headquarters Division anchors 98 percent of awards by count (12 awards, $245.5 million combined potential value), with CBP accounting for 2 awards ($25.8 million). The remaining potential value is split among the Department of the Navy ($5 million), the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center ($78 thousand), and NASA ($13 thousand). However, the vendor's subcontract footprint with Sierra Nevada Company, LLC dominates the award count. Pilatus subcontracts exclusively to Sierra Nevada on the Big Safari program, delivering specialized aircraft components and return-to-service logistics support for PC-12 aircraft. The sub award portfolio spans 136 sub awards (87 percent of all awards) covering actuators, compressors, landing gear, engine parts, horizontal tail assemblies, and field representative support, with sub activity accelerating sharply from 4 awards in 2022 to 64 in 2024 and 56 in 2025. The Big Safari work includes deployment-ready aircraft support to Uzbekistan, emphasizing the classified or special-access nature of much of Pilatus's sub engagement. The remaining 21 prime awards (13 percent) are concentrated on the FBI and CBP delivery orders.

Vehicle position reflects dual-track operations. On the prime side, Pilatus holds the $140 million FBI IDIQ plus two supporting BPAs, all single-award vehicles. On the sub side, Pilatus places 125 task orders under Basic Ordering Agreement FA862021G4009, 11 task orders under Engineering, Procurement, Integration, and Contractor Logistics Support (likely a Sierra Nevada parent vehicle), 6 task orders under an IDC (15F06722D0000896, $124.9 million combined potential value), and 3 task orders under a BPA (15F06724A0001043, $413 thousand), with additional smaller work under DEA and other vehicles. The BOA work dominates sub activity; the overwhelming share of that volume flows through Sierra Nevada as the prime.

Activity accelerated sharply in recent years, rising from 4 awards in 2022 to 64 in 2024 before moderating to 56 in 2025. Three awards (combined potential value $66.4 million) face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, creating near-term recompete exposure concentrated on the FBI aircraft delivery orders with completion dates through August 2026. Obligated dollars total $134.7 million (49 percent of combined potential value), indicating substantial funded backlog. The vendor's category concentration splits between All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (125 awards, dominated by Big Safari sub activity) and Aircraft Manufacturing (20 awards, concentrated on FBI and CBP prime aircraft delivery orders).

Pilatus operates in full-and-open competition with no SBA set-asides. Place of performance is Broomfield, Colorado for all prime aircraft manufacturing and maintenance training work, with secondary performance at Westminster, Colorado for tools and parts supply. The vendor's federal footprint is anchored by a single strategic prime relationship (FBI IDIQ for PC-12 acquisition) and a dominant sub relationship (Sierra Nevada Big Safari aircraft parts and components), creating concentrated customer and prime-contractor exposure.