Modified Aircraft Operations
It would be our honor to help you see it through.
Phase 01 — Purchase
Each airframe enters because the work requires it. More than 200 airplanes purchased since 1967 — the King Air family among them: 90, 200, 350.
King Air · Dash 8 · Gulfstream GIV · Boeing 737 · Twin Otter · Global 6000
Phase 02 — Overhaul
Airframe and engine overhaul for modified aircraft — more than 200 airframe overhauls and 2,000+ engine repairs in-house, including 200+ full teardowns and reassemblies. 65 component capabilities on our FAA-145 repair station certificate.
Phase 03 — Modify + Integrate
Aircraft modification engineering and execution for new mission requirements — then sensor and system integration onto the platform. 100+ sensor types integrated and flown.
We do not own sensors. Our customers do.
Phase 04 — Fly
Operational flight for your mission — aircraft, crews, and operations dedicated to the work you need flown. Roughly 1,000,000 flight hours of operating experience.
Phase 05 — Maintain
Sustainment, maintenance, and lifecycle support for operational aircraft. When one organization carries your platform through every stage, knowledge compounds across years of work. No vendor handoffs. No interface losses.
Phase 01 — Purchase
Each airframe enters because the work requires it. More than 200 airplanes purchased since 1967 — the King Air family among them: 90, 200, 350.
King Air · Dash 8 · Gulfstream GIV · Boeing 737 · Twin Otter · Global 6000
Phase 02 — Overhaul
Airframe and engine overhaul for modified aircraft — more than 200 airframe overhauls and 2,000+ engine repairs in-house, including 200+ full teardowns and reassemblies. 65 component capabilities on our FAA-145 repair station certificate.
Phase 03 — Modify + Integrate
Aircraft modification engineering and execution for new mission requirements — then sensor and system integration onto the platform. 100+ sensor types integrated and flown.
We do not own sensors. Our customers do.
Phase 04 — Fly
Operational flight for your mission — aircraft, crews, and operations dedicated to the work you need flown. Roughly 1,000,000 flight hours of operating experience.
Phase 05 — Maintain
Sustainment, maintenance, and lifecycle support for operational aircraft. When one organization carries your platform through every stage, knowledge compounds across years of work. No vendor handoffs. No interface losses.
King Air · Dash 8 · Gulfstream GIV · Boeing 737 · Twin Otter · Global 6000
As of 2026.
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We own and operate the King Air family (90 / 200 / 350), the Dash 8 family (100 / 200 / 300), the Gulfstream GIV, and the Boeing 737. We also operate the Twin Otter and Global 6000 under GOCO arrangements.
See the full fleet →02
100+ sensor types flown across defense, civil, scientific, and research programs. EO/IR, SAR, LIDAR, hyperspectral, magnetometers, communications intelligence, atmospheric sampling, and many more. We do not own sensors. Our customers do.
See sensor portfolio →03
150+ spray systems built since 1944. 50+ non-spray dispersal systems since 1970, beginning with the first successful DC-3 water dump unit. For oil spill response, our Boeing 737-500 runs an FAA-STCed dispersal system — the only certified system of its kind operating in the world.
See dispersal portfolio →When the lifecycle is the right fit
When the same organization carries your platform through every stage — overhaul, modification, integration, flight, sustainment — knowledge of your platform and your mission compounds across years of work. No vendor handoffs. No interface losses. The relationship deepens as the work continues.
When a single activity is the right fit
Buy any one of our five activities — Overhaul, Modify, Integrate, Fly, or Maintain — on the contract structure that matches the work. Time and materials for engineering. Flight-hour rates for operations. Discrete pricing for discrete services. Each activity stands on its own.
Use 01 — Data Collection: Sensors, surveys, surveillance, monitoring — flown on platforms built and operated for the work.
Use 02 — Dispersal: Spray systems, dispersal systems, aerial application of any payload. Three generations of building these systems in-house.
The five activities are each priced and contracted on the structure that matches the work. Engaged individually, or assembled across the full lifecycle of your platform and mission.
Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance platforms for defense and intelligence customers.
Learn more →Long-endurance airborne surveillance over water, for sovereign and multinational customers.
Learn more →Custom sensor integration and operations for scientific, geophysical, atmospheric, and environmental programs. Long-duration platforms, cabin-class instrument bays, and the operational discipline a multi-week campaign requires.
Learn more →Aircraft, modifications, and operations supporting fire agencies: fuel surveys, lightning strike prevention, fire surveillance, and lead plane coordination. We do not operate fire retardant tankers.
Learn more →Aerial dispersal for agriculture, oral rabies vaccine, and emerging applications. The original capability of the enterprise.
Learn more →Continuous SIT operations since 1992, across 10+ countries. The longest-running such program in continuous service.
Learn more →Boeing 737-500 platforms operating an FAA-STCed dispersal system. As of today, the only certified system of its kind in the world.
Learn more →Special-mission platforms and operations for defense customers worldwide. In the U.S., our work has served the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and SOCOM. Internationally, we serve allied air forces and sovereign customers. Ownership models include COCO, COCO-to-GOCO, and GOCO.
Defense portfolio →Special-mission platforms and operations for civil agencies worldwide. In the U.S., our work has served USDA, Interior, Commerce, and NASA. Missions include Aerial Application, Sterile Insect Technique, Fire Management, Oil Spill Response, and Airborne Data Acquisition.
Civil portfolio →You’ve worked hard to bring something to the point where it needs to fly. It would be our honor to help you fly it. Our customers include national labs, FFRDCs, UARCs, service labs, and university research programs.
Flight test portfolio →Airframe and engine overhaul services for modified aircraft.
Aircraft modification engineering and execution for new mission requirements.
Sensor and system integration onto modified platforms.
Operational flight for your mission. Aircraft, crews, and operations dedicated to the work you need flown.
Sustainment, maintenance, and lifecycle support for operational aircraft.