Federal contractor · PENSACOLA, FL

BROWN HELICOPTER, INC.

BROWN HELICOPTER, INC. received $9.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1,128 awards (−52% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $106.4M. Its largest customer was Defense Logistics Agency ($9.3M).

Obligations · FY2026
$9.4M
New awards
1,128
Sole-source
32%
Single offer
28%
UEI
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Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 9.4MFY2017
  2. 10MFY2018
  3. 11MFY2019
  4. 9.9MFY2020
  5. 7MFY2021
  6. 8.9MFY2022
  7. 7.9MFY2023
  8. 13MFY2024
  9. 19.7MFY2025
  10. 9.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$9.3M99%
    1,123 awards
  2. U.S. Coast Guard$114K1.2%
    5 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Other equipment & supplies$6.5M69%
  2. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$2.9M31%

Where the work was performed

  1. Escambia County, FL$9.3M99%
  2. Hernando County, FL$35.4K0.4%
  3. Tarrant County, TX$22.5K0.2%
  4. Hamilton County, OH$1,4670.0%
  5. Baltimore city, MD$5520.0%
  6. Los Angeles County, CA$3790.0%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition60%
    US 39% · $5.6M
  • Sole-source awards32%
    US 30% · $3M
  • Single-offer competitions28%
    US 8.7% · $2.6M
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$3M
    Department of Defense · 327 awards

Largest awards

  1. 8512001673!MOTOR,DIRECT CURREN$539.6K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Escambia County, FL· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 22, 2026 – Apr 22, 2026· SPEHA626P0211
  2. 8511917960!YOKE, MAIN ROTOR ASS$449.6K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Escambia County, FL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Feb 17, 2026 – Mar 19, 2026· SPE4A526P3045
  3. 8511917910!SUPPORT,BELL CRANK$286.8K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Escambia County, FL· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 26, 2026 – Feb 26, 2026· SPE7L226P0049
  4. 8511978221!SWITCH ASSEMBLY$185.9K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Escambia County, FL· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 16, 2026 – Mar 27, 2026· SPE7M826P1105
  5. 8512032202!LAP ASSEMBLY$177.8K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Escambia County, FL· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 21, 2026 – Apr 21, 2026· SPE7M426P2833
  6. TH-IH HELICOPTER OVERHUALED SURPLUS$152.8K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Escambia County, FL· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 30, 2025 – Jan 7, 2026· SPRWA125P0006
  7. 8511816716!PUMPING UNIT,HYDRAU$136.2K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Escambia County, FL· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 16, 2025 – Dec 16, 2025· SPE4A526P1955
  8. 8511915312!NUT,SELF-LOCKING,EX$102K
    Defense Logistics Agency· Escambia County, FL· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 12, 2026 – Feb 12, 2026· SPEHA626P0147

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $139.5K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS$94.6K68%
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward
  2. M1 SUPPORT SERVICES, L.P.$45K32%
    WESTLAKE, TX · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $79K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $103.5K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $35K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $139.5K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

No subawards reported to other companies.

Primes that pay it

4 companies · $356.9K reported

  1. SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SERVICES, LLC$148.4K
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 3 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  2. DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS$94.6K
    HUNTSVILLE, AL · 1 subaward · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
  3. AAR GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC.$69K
    WOOD DALE, IL · 1 subaward · Support activities for air transportation

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Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

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 50 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. AVIARMS SUPPORT CORP$35.6M−36% in FY2026
    FARMINGDALE, NY · 71% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing+12 more
  2. A.G.H. INDUSTRIES, LLC$30.2M+208% in FY2026
    EULESS, TX · 60% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturing+11 more
  3. TNL SALES LLC$46.8M−37% in FY2026
    GREAT FALLS, MT · 73% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Logistics Agency · Other fabricated metal product manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Aerospace product and parts manufacturingDefense Logistics Agency · Hardware manufacturing+11 more

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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.