Federal contractor · COSTA MESA, CA

HELISTREAM INC.

HELISTREAM INC. received $10.8M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 11 awards (+82% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $48.2M. Its largest customer was Forest Service ($6.9M).

Obligations · FY2026
$10.8M
New awards
11
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
25%
UEI
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Small businessWoman-ownedVeteran-owned
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 7MFY2017
  2. 1.2MFY2018
  3. 2.5MFY2019
  4. 1.7MFY2020
  5. 3.3MFY2021
  6. 3.4MFY2022
  7. 5.3MFY2023
  8. 7.2MFY2024
  9. 5.9MFY2025
  10. 10.8MFY2026
  11. 0FY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Forest Service$6.9M64%
    9 awards
  2. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$3.9M36%
    2 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$6.9M64%
  2. Education & social services$3.9M36%

Where the work was performed

  1. Orange County, CA$6.5M61%
  2. Santa Barbara County, CA$2.2M21%
  3. El Dorado County, CA$1.4M13%
  4. Santa Cruz County, CA$626.2K5.8%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition25%
    US 39% · $2.6M
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions25%
    US 8.8% · $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.

Largest awards

  1. TYPE II EXCLUSIVE USE FOR SANTA YNEZ,CA$6.3M
    Forest Service· Santa Barbara County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Apr 3, 2024 – Sep 3, 2026· 1202SA24K9229
  2. TYPE II EXCLUSIVE USE FOR POLLOCK PINES, CA$4.7M
    Forest Service· El Dorado County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Apr 3, 2024 – Sep 7, 2026· 1202SA24K9230
  3. TASK ORDER FOR ORDER PERIOD 4 FOR LIGHT ENFORCEMENT HELICOPTER TRAINING SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE GOVERNING IDIQ CONTRACT 70B02C21D00000002.$3.1M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Orange County, CA· Education & social services· Jan 30, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026· 70B02C25F00000112
  4. LIGHT ENFORCEMENT HELICOPTER AIRCRAFT PILOT TRAINING$2.7M
    U.S. Customs and Border Protection· Orange County, CA· Education & social services· Aug 20, 2026 – Aug 20, 2026· 70B02C26F00000692
  5. HSS MATOC TYPE 3 SCOTT VALLEY #1 N34HX$2.6M
    Forest Service· Santa Cruz County, CA· Facilities & utilities· May 31, 2024 – Oct 2, 2026· 1202SA24K9327
  6. 0816-083126 N684UH PKG-72895$555.8K
    Forest Service· Orange County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Aug 16, 2026 – Aug 16, 2026· 1202SA26M1080
  7. 0716-073126 N684UH PKG-72406$521.3K
    Forest Service· Orange County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Jul 16, 2026 – Jul 16, 2026· 1202SA26M0790
  8. 0916-093026 N684UH PKG-73641$504.5K
    Forest Service· Orange County, CA· Facilities & utilities· Sep 16, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026· 1202SA26M1298

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

  1. GOLD AERO INC.$15.6M−30% in FY2026
    ARLINGTON, WA · 65% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportation
  2. IDAHO HELICOPTERS INC$17.3M−22% in FY2026
    BOISE, ID · 68% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportation
  3. D.H. HELICOPTER, INC.$16.2M+104% in FY2026
    MASCOUTAH, IL · 66% 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.