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BRIDGER AIR TANKER LLC

UEI J8MRKB47KE59CAGE 86QG7Company website ↗

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Small Business

Overview

Legal name
BRIDGER AIR TANKER LLC
Registered location
BELGRADE, MT, USA
Website
Company website ↗
Primary NAICS
481212 — Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation
Latest award activity
Aug 16, 2026
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BRIDGER AIR TANKER LLC is associated with UEI J8MRKB47KE59 and CAGE 86QG7 in public federal records. AcornBids currently links 135 prime awards totaling $155.3M in obligations to this entity. Its largest recorded federal customer by obligations is Department of Agriculture. Its recorded federal awards include work classified as Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation. These categories describe the loaded award records, not a complete list of company capabilities. Its primary SAM.gov NAICS is 481212 (Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation). Its public SAM.gov registration lists BELGRADE, MT, USA.

At a glance

Lifetime prime obligations$155.3M
Prime awards135
Awards with future end dates0
Top-agency concentration100.0%

Prime contract obligations across loaded award records. Obligations are not revenue or contract ceilings. Summary updated Oct 4, 2026. Refresh pending; these totals may be out of date.

Business information

Public SAM.gov registration details.

Legal name
BRIDGER AIR TANKER LLC
UEI
J8MRKB47KE59
CAGE
86QG7
Registered address
90 AVIATION LN, BELGRADE, MT, 59714, USA
Registration status
Active
Primary NAICS
481212 — Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation
SAM activation
Jul 30, 2026
Initial registration
Oct 22, 2018
Entity start
Mar 1, 2018
SAM updated
Jul 30, 2026
Registration expires
Jul 14, 2027
Fiscal year end
Dec 31
Place of incorporation
MT, USA

View SAM.gov source

Research brief

Source facts

  • Loaded prime-award records link 135 awards and $155,298,089 in reported obligations to this legal entity. Source
  • Recorded awards include Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation (NAICS 481212); this classification is not proof of every company capability. Source
  • An example award describes: 0816-083126 N415BT PKG-73179 Source

Federal award analysis

Net transaction obligations by federal fiscal period.

Selected transaction obligations$151.8M
Prime contracts
$78.7MFY2025$73.1MFY2026

Reported transaction obligations by federal fiscal period; includes deobligations. Missing transactions are not estimated. Coverage: 135 of 135 selected awards. Select a period to explore its awards.

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Funding change

Dated, valued transaction obligations in equal-length adjacent periods; missing records are unknown. Default: last completed federal fiscal year. Percentage is unavailable when the prior period has no positive reported obligations.

MeasureReported value
Current periodOct 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026
Current obligations$73.1M
Prior periodOct 1, 2024 – Sep 30, 2025
Prior obligations$78.7M
Change$-5.7M
Growth-7.2%

Where the work is performed

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State tile map; darker tiles have larger absolute net obligations. Outlined tiles indicate net deobligations. Unshaded tiles have no reported transactions in this selection. Other locations appear in the table.

Agencies
CategoryPeriod obligationsAwards
Department of Agriculture$151.8M135
Offices
CategoryPeriod obligationsAwards
INCIDENT PROCUREMENT AVIATION BRANCH$151.8M135
Naics
CategoryPeriod obligationsAwards
481212 — Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation$151.8M135
Psc
CategoryPeriod obligationsAwards
V119 — Other Cargo and Freight Services$151.8M135
Vehicles
CategoryPeriod obligationsAwards
1202SA21T9009$151.8M135
States
CategoryPeriod obligationsAwards
MT$151.8M135
Set Asides
CategoryPeriod obligationsAwards
Unclassified$151.8M135

Recent federal awards

Prime contract awards. Select an award to review its history and source evidence.

Award / descriptionAwarding agencyObligationsStart dateEnd date
1202SA26M11230816-083126 N415BT PKG-73179Department of Agriculture$1.5MAug 16, 2026Aug 31, 2026
1202SA26M11240816-083126 N417BT PKG-73180Department of Agriculture$1.5MAug 16, 2026Aug 31, 2026
1202SA26M11250816-083126 N418BT PKG-73181Department of Agriculture$2.1MAug 16, 2026Aug 31, 2026
1202SA26M11260816-083126 N419BT PKG-73182Department of Agriculture$1.8MAug 16, 2026Aug 31, 2026
1202SA26M11270816-083126 N406BT PKG-73183Department of Agriculture$2.1MAug 16, 2026Aug 31, 2026
1202SA26M11280816-083126 N422BT PKG-73184Department of Agriculture$1.7MAug 16, 2026Aug 31, 2026
1202SA26M09410801-081526 N415BT PKG-72717Department of Agriculture$1.9MAug 1, 2026Aug 15, 2026
1202SA26M09420801-081526 N417BT PKG-72718Department of Agriculture$1.9MAug 1, 2026Aug 15, 2026
1202SA26M09430801-081526 N418BT PKG-72720Department of Agriculture$2.4MAug 1, 2026Aug 15, 2026
1202SA26M09440801-081526 N419BT PKG-72721Department of Agriculture$1.5MAug 1, 2026Aug 15, 2026
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Registration, certifications & contacts

Registration evidenceDate
SAM updatedJul 30, 2026
Source loadedSep 26, 2026
Initial registrationOct 22, 2018
Entity startMar 1, 2018

Registration classifications: Small Business. These are separate from the reported certificates above.

IndustryReported size status
481211 — Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air TransportationNot reported
481212 — Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air TransportationNot reported
ContactRolePublished contact methodsEvidenceSource date
CATHRINE COOPERGovernment businessContact method not publishedSAM registrationNot available
CONNER MCLAURYAlternate government businessContact method not publishedSAM registrationNot available
CATHRINE COOPERElectronic businessContact method not publishedSAM registrationNot available
CONNER MCLAURYAlternate electronic businessContact method not publishedSAM registrationNot available
Registered industries
  • 481211 — Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation
  • 481212 — Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation
Registered products and services
  • F003 — Forest/Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression Services

Registration classifications and published certificates do not by themselves establish eligibility for a particular solicitation. View SAM source

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Data coverage and methodology

Sources: SAM.gov registration, USAspending awards and transactions, and linked supporting records. Prime contract obligations, IDV ceilings and assistance amounts are kept separate. Missing records are not zero activity. Company claims are labeled separately. Recompete signals are rule-based scores out of 100. Positioning windows are AcornBids estimates.

Disclosed relationships only. Missing records do not establish that a contractor has no partners. Ambiguous parent award identifiers are excluded.

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