Bear Defense Services

bear defense services and its subsidiaries, southern air systems and southern air systems maintenance, are headquartered in tampa, fl. we occupy two large dedicated hangars along with three office facilities affording over 60,000 sq. ft. of flex space. the companies hold a faa part 135 full air carrier operator certificate for both fixed and rotor wing aircraft with worldwide authorizations, along with an extensive part 145 repair station license. we are embedded with our military customers at redstone arsenal in huntsville al, as well as several large standalone facilities throughout afghanistan. at bear defense services we operate and facilitates over a dozen armed services and various intelligence organizations initiatives providing self-sustaining air logistics and isr operations utilizing both rotary and fixed wing assets in various locations. in addition, bds supports several dod ground based systems such as reconnaissance and special use vehicles, laser, radar, and other survei