Federal contractor · LEESBURG, FL

BRAINERD HELICOPTERS, INC

BRAINERD HELICOPTERS, INC received $22.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 63 awards (+19% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $161.5M. Its largest customer was Forest Service ($11.5M).

Obligations · FY2026
$22.5M
New awards
63
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
43%
UEI
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Small businessVeteran-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 19.7MFY2017
  2. 18.4MFY2018
  3. 13.6MFY2019
  4. 11.2MFY2020
  5. 5.2MFY2021
  6. 15.4MFY2022
  7. 18.1MFY2023
  8. 18.3MFY2024
  9. 18.9MFY2025
  10. 22.5MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Forest Service$11.5M51%
    21 awards
  2. Departmental Offices$11.1M49%
    42 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$12.3M54%
  2. Transportation & logistics$10.3M46%

Where the work was performed

  1. Lake County, FL$10.5M46%
  2. Ada County, ID$3.1M14%
  3. Collier County, FL$2.1M9.5%
  4. El Paso County, CO$1.2M5.4%
  5. Park County, WY$859.5K3.8%
  6. Tooele County, UT$849.8K3.8%
  7. Boise County, ID$778.9K3.5%
  8. Montezuma County, CO$637.1K2.8%
  9. Okaloosa County, FL$501.5K2.2%
  10. Angelina County, TX$461.7K2.0%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition43%
    US 39% · $9.8M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions43%
    US 8.7% · $9.8M
  • Urgency justifications9.5%
    US 5.1% · $2.1M

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

  1. EXCLUSIVE USE TYPE 1 HELICOPTER FLIGHT SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF BLM AT BOISE IDAHO$4.2M
    Departmental Offices· Ada County, ID· Transportation & logistics· Apr 22, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026· 140D0426F0437
  2. HSS MATOC TYPE 3 MONUMENT CO N173BH$3.8M
    Forest Service· El Paso County, CO· Facilities & utilities· Apr 22, 2024 – Sep 3, 2026· 1202SA24K9308
  3. HSS MATOC TYPE 3 GARDEN VALLEY ID N132BH$3.2M
    Forest Service· Boise County, ID· Facilities & utilities· May 15, 2024 – Sep 25, 2026· 1202SA24K9309
  4. BLM EU T1 BOISE$3.1M
    Departmental Offices· Ada County, ID· Transportation & logistics· May 6, 2025 – Mar 3, 2026· 140D0425F0496
  5. HSS MATOC TYPE 3 LAUREL N31BH$1.3M
    Forest Service· Jones County, MS· Facilities & utilities· Oct 20, 2023 – Jul 22, 2026· 1202SA24K9311
  6. HSS MATOC TYPE 3 LUFKIN AIRPORT TX N234BH$1.2M
    Forest Service· Angelina County, TX· Facilities & utilities· Oct 20, 2023 – Jul 22, 2026· 1202SA24K9312
  7. ON CALL SMALL HELICOPTER FLIGHT SERVICE IN SUPPORT OF THE DOI FIRE SUPPRESSION ACTIVITY- FIREHAWK FY26 WILDFIRE$1.2M
    Departmental Offices· Collier County, FL· Transportation & logistics· Jan 8, 2026 – Jun 26, 2026· 140D0426F0121
  8. EU TYPE 3 HELICOPTER FLIGHT SERVICES, TOOELE, UT$1M
    Departmental Offices· Tooele County, UT· Transportation & logistics· Jun 2, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026· 140D0426F0614

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. HELIQWEST INTERNATIONAL INC.$39.6M+39% in FY2026
    BROOMFIELD, CO · 66% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportationDepartmental Offices · Nonscheduled air transportation
  2. BIGHORN AIRWAYS INC$70.4M+9.5% in FY2026
    SHERIDAN, WY · 86% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportationDepartmental Offices · Nonscheduled air transportation
  3. HILLSBORO AVIATION, INC.$50.2M−3.7% in FY2026
    HILLSBORO, OR · 67% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportationDepartmental Offices · Nonscheduled air transportation

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.