Federal contractor · AURORA, OR

COLUMBIA HELICOPTERS, INC.

COLUMBIA HELICOPTERS, INC. received $26.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 26 awards (+2.9% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $1.1B. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($14.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$26.2M
New awards
26
Sole-source
65%
Single offer
46%
UEI
EBD3SM6LH8D3
Other than small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 189MFY2017
  2. 157.9MFY2018
  3. 290.2MFY2019
  4. 365MFY2020
  5. 29MFY2021
  6. -66.7MFY2022
  7. 21.5MFY2023
  8. 45.4MFY2024
  9. 25.5MFY2025
  10. 26.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$14.1M54%
    5 awards
  2. Forest Service$11.7M45%
    18 awards
  3. Departmental Offices$414.1K1.6%
    2 awards
  4. Federal Aviation Administration-$4,0940.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$14.1M54%
  2. Facilities & utilities$11.7M45%
  3. Transportation & logistics$414.1K1.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. Marion County, OR$25.8M98%
  2. Miami-Dade County, FL$309.5K1.2%
  3. Snohomish County, WA$104.6K0.4%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $29.1M
  • Sole-source awards65%
    US 30% · $17.1M
  • Single-offer competitions46%
    US 8.7% · $12M
  • Urgency justifications1.2%
    US 5.1% · $309.5K

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. Department of the Army$17.1M
    Department of Defense · 2 awards

Largest awards

  1. MAINTENANCE AND OVERHAUL OF CH-47 CHINOOK ROTARY WING HEAD. NATIONAL STOCK NUMBER 1615-01-391-4399$11.8M
    Department of the Army· Marion County, OR· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 19, 2022 – May 11, 2026· W58RGZ22F0477
  2. OVERHAUL CH-47 AFT ROTOR HEAD.$9.3M
    Department of the Army· Marion County, OR· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 17, 2026 – May 5, 2026· W58RGZ26F0243
  3. MAINTENANCE AND OVERHAUL OF THE CH-47 CHINOOK FORWARD ROTOR HEAD, NATIONAL STOCK NUMBER: 1615-01-391-4398$8.9M
    Department of the Army· Marion County, OR· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 19, 2022 – Apr 27, 2026· W58RGZ22F0473
  4. OVERHAUL CH-47 FWD ROTOR HEAD.$7.8M
    Department of the Army· Marion County, OR· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 17, 2026 – May 5, 2026· W58RGZ26F0242
  5. 0801-081526 N239CH PKG-72657$1.5M
    Forest Service· Marion County, OR· Facilities & utilities· Aug 1, 2026 – Aug 1, 2026· 1202SA26M0919
  6. FORWARD ROTOR HEAD$1.1M
    Department of the Army· Marion County, OR· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 23, 2023 – Mar 25, 2026· W58RGZ23F0442
  7. 0816-083126 N191CH PKG-72945$977.1K
    Forest Service· Marion County, OR· Facilities & utilities· Aug 16, 2026 – Aug 16, 2026· 1202SA26M1020
  8. 0721-073126 N239CH PKG-72292$935.8K
    Forest Service· Marion County, OR· Facilities & utilities· Jul 21, 2026 – Jul 21, 2026· 1202SA26M0773

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

COLUMBIA HELICOPTERS, INC. received -$400.1K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 9 actions (0 new awards). Its largest program was 21.018 · Coronavirus Relief - Pandemic Relief for Aviation Workers (-$400.1K).

Assistance · FY2026
-$400.1K
New awards
0
Actions
9
Since FY2021
$20.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 20.7MFY2021
  2. -400.1KFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments-$400.1K0.0%

Top programs

  1. 21.018 · Coronavirus Relief - Pandemic Relief for Aviation Workers-$400.1K0.0%

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: THE PAYROLL SUPPORT PROGRAM (PSP) PROVIDES TEMPORARY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PASSENGER AIR CARRIERS, CARGO AIR CARRIERS, AND…$34.2M
    21.018 · Coronavirus Relief - Pandemic Relief for Aviation Workers· Departmental Offices· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 3, 2021 – Aug 10, 2026· ACWS0247
  2. PURPOSE: THE PAYROLL SUPPORT PROGRAM (PSP) PROVIDES TEMPORARY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PASSENGER AIR CARRIERS, CARGO AIR CARRIERS, AND…$23.1M
    21.018 · Coronavirus Relief - Pandemic Relief for Aviation Workers· Departmental Offices· Direct payment for specified use· Feb 11, 2021 – Aug 10, 2026· AWSE0119
  3. PURPOSE: THE PAYROLL SUPPORT PROGRAM (PSP) PROVIDES TEMPORARY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PASSENGER AIR CARRIERS, CARGO AIR CARRIERS, AND…$21.6M
    21.018 · Coronavirus Relief - Pandemic Relief for Aviation Workers· Departmental Offices· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 22, 2021 – Aug 10, 2026· ATSE0092

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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: $898.3K (6 subawards)

3 primes

  1. S & K FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$528.8K59%
    SAINT IGNATIUS, MT · 4 subawards
  2. S&K LOGISTICS SERVICES, LLC$273.9K30%
    BYRON, GA · 1 subaward
  3. THE BOEING COMPANY$95.6K11%
    RIDLEY PARK, PA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $0 paid out · $305K received
  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $801.2K received
  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $2.4M received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $115K received
  • FY2026: $0 paid out · $898.3K 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

6 companies · $5.8M reported

  1. S & K LOGISTICS SERVICES LLC$3.4M
    BYRON, GA · 10 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
  2. AMENTUM SERVICES, INC.$841.6K
    GERMANTOWN, MD · 3 subawards · Support activities for air transportation
  3. THE BOEING COMPANY$742.4K
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 9 subawards · Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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

  1. SIERRA PACIFIC AIRLINES, INC$38.1M−38% in FY2026
    TUCSON, AZ · 39% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveUSTRANSCOM · Nonscheduled air transportationForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportation
  2. SUN COUNTRY, INC.$59.9M−40% in FY2026
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN · 42% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveUSTRANSCOM · Nonscheduled air transportation
  3. ALLEGIANT AIR LLC$32.5M−60% in FY2026
    LAS VEGAS, NV · 34% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveUSTRANSCOM · 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.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Matched organizations

  • Columbia HelicoptersAI match · 100%
Lobbying · 2023
$10K
6 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2024
$10K

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$10K
    6 reports
  2. 2024$0
    2 reports

Top issues

  1. Defense2 reports
  2. Aviation, aircraft and airlines1 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES3 reports
  2. U.S. SENATE3 reports
  3. Interior - Dept of (DOI)1 reports
  4. U.S. Forest Service1 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. The Charles Group, LLC$10K
    2 reports
  2. Lone Rock Strategies$0
    6 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

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.