Federal contractor · NEW BRAUNFELS, TX

OWYHEE AIR RESEARCH LLC

OWYHEE AIR RESEARCH LLC received $2.6M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 10 awards (−30% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $12.1M. Its largest customer was Forest Service ($2.1M).

Obligations · FY2026
$2.6M
New awards
10
Sole-source
0.4%
Single offer
0.4%
UEI
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Small business
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 199.5KFY2017
  2. 616.9KFY2018
  3. 498.9KFY2019
  4. 292.7KFY2020
  5. 240.8KFY2021
  6. 637KFY2022
  7. 138.2KFY2023
  8. 3.1MFY2024
  9. 3.7MFY2025
  10. 2.6MFY2026
  11. 0FY2027

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Forest Service$2.1M80%
    1 awards
  2. Departmental Offices$523.4K20%
    8 awards
  3. Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$9,3500.4%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$2.1M80%
  2. Transportation & logistics$523.4K20%
  3. Professional services$9,3500.4%

Where the work was performed

  1. Comal County, TX$2.1M80%
  2. Kodiak Island Borough, AK$325K12%
  3. Canyon County, ID$102.5K3.9%
  4. Northwest Arctic Borough, AK$60.6K2.3%
  5. Custer County, ID$28.3K1.1%
  6. Multnomah County, OR$9,3500.4%
  7. Bannock County, ID$7,0130.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition0.8%
    US 39% · $20.5K
  • Sole-source awards0.4%
    US 30% · $9,350
  • Single-offer competitions0.4%
    US 8.7% · $11.1K
  • 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. Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$9,350
    Department of Agriculture · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. AIRCRAFT AND CREW TO PROVIDE SENSOR ENHANCED FIRE MAPPING - BOISE$7.6M
    Forest Service· Comal County, TX· Facilities & utilities· Jun 14, 2024 – Oct 7, 2026· 1202SA24K9425
  2. ON-CALL FIXED WING AIRCRAFT RENTAL AGREEMENT (ARA) FOR FWS FLIGHT 26-15794 SW AK SEA OTTER SURVEY$325K
    Departmental Offices· Kodiak Island Borough, AK· Transportation & logistics· Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 140D0426FF051
  3. AIRCRAFT RENTAL AGREEMENT FOR BLM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GREATER SAGE GROUSE INFRARED LEK SURVEYS$149.9K
    Departmental Offices· Canyon County, ID· Transportation & logistics· Aug 6, 2025 – Aug 3, 2026· 140D0425FL042
  4. AIRCRAFT RENTAL AGREEMENT FOR BLM WILD HORSE FALL CENSUS INFRARED SURVEYS$93.6K
    Departmental Offices· Canyon County, ID· Transportation & logistics· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 140D0426FL047
  5. ON-CALL FIXED WING AIRCRAFT RENTAL AGREEMENT (ARA) FOR ALASKA FWS OTZ CHUKCHI POLAR BEAR SURVEY$60.6K
    Departmental Offices· Northwest Arctic Borough, AK· Transportation & logistics· Mar 10, 2026 – Apr 28, 2026· 140D0426FF009
  6. AIRCRAFT RENTAL AGREEMENT FOR BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT CHALLIS WILD HORSE AERIAL SURVEY$28.3K
    Departmental Offices· Custer County, ID· Transportation & logistics· May 7, 2026 – May 7, 2026· 140D0426FL017
  7. AIRCRAFT RENTAL AGREEMENT FOR LOWER 48 FLIGHT SERVICES - USGS - OWYHEE AIR RESEARCH / RATIFICATION$11.2K
    Departmental Offices· Canyon County, ID· Transportation & logistics· Mar 11, 2026 – Mar 11, 2026· 140D0426FG025
  8. FY26 ARIEL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR SNOW MARKERS IN EASTERN OREGON$9,350
    Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services· Multnomah County, OR· Professional services· Feb 26, 2026 – Feb 26, 2026· 12FPC326P0009

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

  1. ELKHORN AVIATION, INC.$9.4M−20% in FY2026
    BAKER CITY, OR · 97% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportationDepartmental Offices · Nonscheduled air transportation
  2. SYCAN CORP$8.2M−28% in FY2026
    PASO ROBLES, CA · 86% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Nonscheduled air transportationDepartmental Offices · Nonscheduled air transportation
  3. GUIDANCE AIR SERVICE LLC$8.1M+4.3% in FY2026
    PRESCOTT, AZ · 85% 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.