L.P. Aero Plastics, Inc.

L.P. Aero Plastics, Inc., a small business manufacturer headquartered in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, operates as a prime contractor supplying specialized aviation components—plastic windows, window panels, lenses, and optical parts—primarily to the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation for military aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul. The company holds Federal Aviation Administration Parts Manufacturer Approval certification and competes almost exclusively under small business set-asides on its underlying Indefinite Delivery Contracts with DLA Aviation, though individual delivery orders frequently carry no set-aside designation.

L.P. Aero Plastics' federal footprint is highly concentrated in a single customer and vehicle family. The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation accounts for 957 of 1,123 total awards (85%) and $20.2 million of $22.7 million combined potential value. The company's business is structured around multiple single-award IDCs with DLA Aviation, each valued between $250 thousand and $2.0 million with ceiling dates extending through 2030. The largest active vehicle, awarded April 1, 2025, carries a $2.0 million ceiling and focuses on aircraft window panels for military aircraft through March 31, 2030; a second IDC awarded April 15, 2025, provides an additional $250 thousand for window panels through April 13, 2030. Six earlier IDCs—awarded between September 2022 and November 2023—each valued at $250 thousand and designated as total small business set-asides, cover lenses, lights, plastic windows, and optical components with ordering periods spanning through 2027 and 2028. Representative delivery orders include a $79,924 award June 27, 2025, for aircraft window panel procurement; a $41,180 award July 2, 2025, for window panels; and a $33,640 award February 11, 2025, for window panels. These orders support maintenance and repair operations across all military service branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard.

Activity has contracted year over year, declining from 79 awards in 2022 to 55 in 2024, with only 34 awards through all of 2025 and 2 awards recorded in 2026. Over the next twenty-four months, only four awards (combined potential value $72 thousand) reach ultimate completion, indicating minimal recompete exposure but also suggesting the vendor's reliance on sustaining task orders under its existing IDC vehicles rather than pursuing new competitively bid awards.

L.P. Aero Plastics' capability portfolio centers entirely on FAA-approved plastic and optical aviation components for military applications. The company manufactures aircraft windows, windshields, plastic windows (for both structural and pressurized applications), lens lights, landing lights, and related optical hardware, drawing from its 60-year history as a DLA Aviation supplier. Top procurement categories span Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (423 awards), Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing (386 awards), and Aircraft Manufacturing (230 awards), with PSC codes dominated by Airframe Structural Components (691 awards) and Electric Vehicular Lights and Fixtures (406 awards). The company holds no subcontractor footprint and pursues no visible teaming arrangements; all work is performed directly at its Jeannette facility on a firm fixed-price basis.

AIRCRAFT WINDSHIELDS, SIDE WINDOWS, LANDING LIGHT LENSES, FORMED PLASTIC CONDUIT TUBING, CUSTOM THERMOFORMING, PLASTIC SHEET STOCK DISTRIBUTION, BOAT WINDOWS AND FRAMING, COMPOSITE LAYUPS, FIBERGLASS EDGING. CAST ACRYLIC AND STRETCHED ACRYLIC FABRICATION