Trans Aero LLC

Trans Aero LLC, doing business as Trans Aero LTD, operates as a prime contractor providing commercial helicopter support services to federal agencies for wildland firefighting, emergency response, and land management operations across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Based in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the company is a small business helicopter operator that competes exclusively in full-and-open federal procurements with no set-aside designations on its prime contracts, though it holds several contracts designated as total small business set-asides.

Trans Aero's capability portfolio centers on rotary-wing aircraft operations spanning Type 1, 2, and 3 helicopter services. The company delivers fire suppression, fire monitoring, aerial ignition, short-haul operations, rappel missions, search and rescue, personnel transport, law enforcement surveillance, and reconnaissance missions. Representative work includes a $2.31 million call-when-needed Type I helicopter services delivery order for Department of Interior Fire operations in Prescott, Arizona (awarded July 23, 2025, completion November 30, 2025); a $1.22 million Type 3 helicopter services delivery order for wildland firefighting support in Marquette, Michigan (awarded April 1, 2026, completion December 31, 2027); and an $8.016 million Type II Emergency Use Mobilization Program helicopter support services delivery order for Sky Forest, California operations (awarded January 1, 2024, completion December 31, 2028).

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Department of Agriculture Forest Service's National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), which accounts for 170 awards and $275.1 million in combined potential value—representing 72% of all awards and 67% of total potential value. The Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center ranks second with 8 awards carrying $80.8 million potential value, anchored by a single $40 million Indefinite Delivery Contract. The top five customers by combined potential value account for 98% of the portfolio. NIFC dominates both award volume and dollar concentration; the Interior Business Center concentrates dollars in fewer, larger vehicles.

Trans Aero holds substantial parent contract vehicles positioning it as a primary on-call resource for federal helicopter services. The Type 1 Helicopter Support Services 2025-2034 IDIQ (USDA Forest Service, $50 million ceiling through December 31, 2034) carries 30 task orders worth $12.2 million in combined potential value. The On-Call Type III Helicopter Flight Services 2022-2027 IDIQ (Department of Interior Interior Business Center, $49.5 million ceiling, total small business set-aside, through April 30, 2027) carries delivery orders to the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management. The Type 3 Helicopter Support Services 2023-2032 IDIQ (NIFC, $40 million ceiling through December 31, 2032) carries 14 task orders worth $3.6 million. Basic Ordering Agreements 12024B20G5064 and 12024B19G9205 together account for 93 task orders worth $19.7 million. Trans Aero also holds legacy single-award IDIQs with NIFC valued at $3.5 million each for emergency use helicopter mobilization and dedicated aircraft support through 2025.

Activity has fluctuated year over year: 38 awards in 2022, 41 in 2023, 30 in 2024, 29 in 2025, and 20 in the first six months of 2026. Only 14 awards with combined potential value of $1.9 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, signaling modest near-term recompete exposure relative to the $412.9 million portfolio ceiling. The vendor operates 100% as a prime contractor with no subcontractor footprint captured in the award data.

Service Contract Inventory (SCI) reported $5 million in invoiced revenue during FY2022 across 15.1 full-time equivalents on seven prime contracts, with zero FY2023 and negligible FY2024 SCI-reportable activity. On the SCI-captured contracts, median government-paid rates ran approximately $138/hour, ranging from around $96/hour at the 10th percentile to $198/hour at the 90th percentile. SCI data represent only service contracts above the $150,000 threshold and exclude the vendor's substantial goods and equipment deliveries, helicopter mobilization services, and non-SCI federal revenue. The vendor delivers its own aviation services without material subcontractor engagement on prime contracts.