Federal contractor · BELGRADE, MT

BRIDGER AIR TANKER LLC

BRIDGER AIR TANKER LLC received $75.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 60 awards (−4.2% vs FY2025). Since FY2020: $307.9M. Its largest customer was Forest Service ($75.4M).

Obligations · FY2026
$75.4M
New awards
60
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
100%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 843.5KFY2020
  2. 21MFY2021
  3. 41.7MFY2022
  4. 36.5MFY2023
  5. 53.8MFY2024
  6. 78.7MFY2025
  7. 75.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Forest Service$75.4M100%
    60 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Transportation & logistics$75.4M100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Gallatin County, MT$75.4M100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $75.4M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions100%
    US 8.7% · $75.4M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

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

Largest awards

  1. 0801-081526 N418BT PKG-72720$2.4M
    Forest Service· Gallatin County, MT· Transportation & logistics· Aug 1, 2026 – Aug 1, 2026· 1202SA26M0943
  2. 0716-073126 N406BT PKG-72504$2.4M
    Forest Service· Gallatin County, MT· Transportation & logistics· Jul 16, 2026 – Jul 16, 2026· 1202SA26M0849
  3. 0801-081526 N406BT PKG-72722$2.4M
    Forest Service· Gallatin County, MT· Transportation & logistics· Aug 1, 2026 – Aug 1, 2026· 1202SA26M0945
  4. 0716-073126 N418BT PKG-72502$2.3M
    Forest Service· Gallatin County, MT· Transportation & logistics· Jul 16, 2026 – Jul 16, 2026· 1202SA26M0847
  5. 0701-071526 N418BT PKG-71964$2.3M
    Forest Service· Gallatin County, MT· Transportation & logistics· Jul 1, 2026 – Jul 1, 2026· 1202SA26M0652
  6. 0701-071526 N406BT PKG-71966$2.2M
    Forest Service· Gallatin County, MT· Transportation & logistics· Jul 1, 2026 – Jul 1, 2026· 1202SA26M0654
  7. 0816-083126 N406BT PKG-73183$2.1M
    Forest Service· Gallatin County, MT· Transportation & logistics· Aug 16, 2026 – Aug 16, 2026· 1202SA26M1127
  8. 0816-083126 N418BT PKG-73181$2.1M
    Forest Service· Gallatin County, MT· Transportation & logistics· Aug 16, 2026 – Aug 16, 2026· 1202SA26M1125

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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. AERO AIR, LLC$177.5M+45% in FY2026
    HILLSBORO, OR · 85% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportation
  2. NEPTUNE AVIATION SERVICES, INC.$194M+7.1% in FY2026
    MISSOULA, MT · 2 entities · 87% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportation
  3. HELICOPTER TRANSPORT SERVICES, LLC$257.3M+2.5% in FY2026
    BALTIMORE, MD · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · 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.