The Department of the Interior's NAICS 481211 (Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation) market: incumbents, spending trend, set-asides and open solicitations — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov notices.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 38 | $2.5M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 91 | $45.4M | +1742% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 205 | $49.8M | +10% |
| Q4 FY2026 | 138 | $63.1M | +27% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BRISTOW GROUP INC. | $35.8M | 22.3% |
| 2 | BRIDGER AEROSPACE GROUP, LLC | $23.9M | 14.9% |
| 3 | BRAINERD HELICOPTERS, INC | $10.7M | 6.6% |
| 4 | PATHFINDER AVIATION LLC | $9.6M | 6.0% |
| 5 | TEMSCO HELICOPTERS INC | $8.6M | 5.4% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $3.5M | 49.6% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $3.5M | 50.4% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 4% of this market's dollars. Most USAspending bulk-archive records leave the field blank, so blank awards are excluded rather than counted as full & open.
Links open the notice on SAM.gov.
Source: USAspending.gov contract awards (prime awards with a start date from Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026), SAM.gov contract opportunities, and SBA size standards. Recompetes are contracts whose final end date — options included — falls in the next 12 months. Figures are recomputed when a new USAspending load lands. See our data sources.