Sign in

Private company

Airborne Tactical Advantage Company

Logo: ATAC, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons3

Air combat training in Virginia, US

Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), is a government contractor based in Newport News, Virginia, United States. It operates Dassault Mirage F1, Mk-58 Hawker Hunter, Israeli F-21 Kfir, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, and Aero L-39 Albatros military aircraft in tactical flight training roles for the United States Navy, United States Air Force, and Air National Guard.2 It is part of Textron.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1994Founded1

See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards

Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), is a government contractor based in Newport News, Virginia, United States. It operates Dassault Mirage F1, Mk-58 Hawker Hunter, Israeli F-21 Kfir, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, and Aero L-39 Albatros military aircraft in tactical flight training roles for the United States Navy, United States Air Force, and Air National Guard.2

Corporate structure

Airborne Tactical Advantage Company is part of a group headed by Textron. 131 entities, 25 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Textron Providence, Rhode Island, United States
    • Airborne Tactical Advantage Company Virginia
    • AAI Corporation Subsidiary · Hunt Valley
    • Cessna Subsidiary · Wichita
    • Lycoming Subsidiary · Williamsport
    • McCauley Propeller Systems Subsidiary · Wichita
    • Textron Marine & Land Systems Subsidiary · New Orleans
    • Bell Textron Co., Ltd. Subsidiary · 100% · Japan
    • AAI Services Corporation Subsidiary · Maryland, United States
    • Able Aerospace Services, Inc. Subsidiary · Arizona, United States
    • Aeronautical Accessories LLC Subsidiary · Tennessee, United States
    • Arctic Cat ACE Holding GmbH Subsidiary · Austria
    • Arctic Cat GmbH Subsidiary · Austria
    • Arkansas Aerospace, Inc. Subsidiary · Arkansas, United States
    • Avco Corporation Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • B/K Navigational Equipment sro Subsidiary · Czechia
    • Beech Aircraft Corporation Subsidiary · Kansas, United States
    • Beechcraft Defense Support Holding, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Beechcraft Domestic Service Company Subsidiary · Kansas, United States
    • Beechcraft International Holding LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Beechcraft International Service Company Subsidiary · Kansas, United States
    • Beechcraft New Zealand Subsidiary · New Zealand
    • Bell Textron Asia (Pte.) Ltd. Subsidiary · Singapore
    • Bell Textron Australia Pty Ltd. Subsidiary · Australia
    • Bell Textron Canada International Inc. Subsidiary · Canada
    • Bell Textron Canada Limited/Limitée Subsidiary · Canada
    • and 103 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1994Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$1.5B 2008–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2008–2026: $1.5B in all. Federal contracts $1.5B.$0$50M$100M$150M$200M2008 · Federal contracts: $18.6M20082009 · Federal contracts: $39.1M2010 · Federal contracts: $19.1M20102011 · Federal contracts: $28.4M2012 · Federal contracts: $33.6M20122013 · Federal contracts: $33.2M2014 · Federal contracts: $29.3M20142015 · Federal contracts: $36.8M2016 · Federal contracts: $40.4M20162017 · Federal contracts: $51.7M2018 · Federal contracts: $51.7M20182019 · Federal contracts: $44.7M2020 · Federal contracts: $126.5M20202021 · Federal contracts: $136.3M2022 · Federal contracts: $185.1M20222023 · Federal contracts: $148.9M2024 · Federal contracts: $145.6M20242025 · Federal contracts: $183.1M2026 · Federal contracts: $175.9M2026
Figures by year
YearFederal contractsTotal
2026$175.9M$175.9M
2025$183.1M$183.1M
2024$145.6M$145.6M
2023$148.9M$148.9M
2022$185.1M$185.1M
2021$136.3M$136.3M
2020$126.5M$126.5M
2019$44.7M$44.7M
2018$51.7M$51.7M
2017$51.7M$51.7M
2016$40.4M$40.4M
2015$36.8M$36.8M
2014$29.3M$29.3M
2013$33.2M$33.2M
2012$33.6M$33.6M
2011$28.4M$28.4M
2010$19.1M$19.1M
2009$39.1M$39.1M
2008$18.6M$18.6M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest contracts

  1. Jul 28, 2020$155.6M from Department of the Air Force: Adversary air support services for luke afb.5 To AIRBORNE TACTICAL ADVANTAGE CO LLC Award FA489020F0066
  2. Sep 29, 2024$121.2M from Department of the Air Force: Adversary air support services to train fighter pilots6 To AIRBORNE TACTICAL ADVANTAGE CO LLC Award FA489024F0090
  3. Sep 15, 2020$113.3M from Department of the Air Force: Adversary air support for eglin afb.7 To AIRBORNE TACTICAL ADVANTAGE CO LLC Award FA489020F0062
  4. Jul 14, 2025$56.3M from Department of the Navy: Capability establishment8 To AIRBORNE TACTICAL ADVANTAGE CO LLC Award N0042125F0710
  5. Jul 28, 2020$52.0M from Department of the Air Force: Adversary air support services for holloman afb.9 To AIRBORNE TACTICAL ADVANTAGE CO LLC Award FA489020F0063

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9