FIRM FIXED PRICE

KALITTA AIR LLC - CIVIL RESERVE AIR FLEET - AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

PIID: HTC71126F1006

Signed Date: Oct 15, 2025Effective Date: Oct 1, 2025End Date: Closed on Sep 30, 2026

Award $

$71.3M

Vendor

KALITTA AIR LLC

NAICS

481212

Signed Date

Oct 15, 2025

Key Details

Dollars Obligated

$71.3M

Base & All Options

$-205,370.96

Awarding Agency

Department of Defense

Awarding Sub-Agency

USTRANSCOM

NAICS Code

481212 - NONSCHEDULED CHARTERED FREIGHT AIR TRANSPORTATION

Product Service Code

V121 - TRANSPORTATION/TRAVEL/RELOCATION- TRANSPORTATION: AIR CHARTER

Extent Competed

FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

Number of Offers

Description

CIVIL RESERVE AIR FLEET - AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

Context & Analysis

On Oct 15, 2025, Department of Defense obligated $71,322,560.18 to KALITTA AIR LLC for civil reserve air fleet - air transportation services. The award is classified under NAICS 481212 — NONSCHEDULED CHARTERED FREIGHT AIR TRANSPORTATION and issued as a firm fixed price contract. Competition extent: full and open competition with 9 offers received. This award is one of several similar procurements from Department of Defense under NAICS 481212 — related awards are listed below.

Market context

Recompete outlook: Ended Sep 30, 2026 (24 days ago). Recompete signal as of Oct 16, 2026: 51/100, combining time to the end date, the incumbent's history with this agency, whether the award was competed, and its size.
Competition: Competed, with 9 offers. 98% of 111 awards in this market (Department of Defense awards in NAICS 481212 over the last 3 years) were competed; median 3 offers.
Award size: At $71.3M, this award is larger than three in four of the 107 priced Department of Defense awards in NAICS 481212 over the last 3 years (median $717K).
Incumbent at this agency: KALITTA AIR LLC has 33 other awards from Department of Defense, totalling $25.1M, in 2025.
Largest vendors in this market: By obligations, Department of Defense awards in NAICS 481212 over the last 3 years.
UNITED LAUNCH SERVICES, LLC — 13 awards, $1.4B
AIR TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL INC — 9 awards, $433.3M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. — 4 awards, $368.1M
WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES INC — 12 awards, $170.2M
AIR CENTER HELICOPTERS, INC — 2 awards, $99.9M