LAO Skyway

LAO Skyway, a for-profit aviation services company registered in Vientiane, Laos, operates as a prime contractor providing helicopter support services exclusively to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency under the Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service, with 100% of its 61 federal awards concentrated on DPAA missions in Laos and Cambodia over the past five years.

LAO Skyway's federal footprint is narrowly focused and single-customer. The vendor holds three active single-award indefinite delivery contracts valued at $8.72 million, $19.1 million, and an unspecified ceiling, with a combined potential value across all 61 awards of $94.1 million and $27.8 million obligated to date (30% of potential value). The company's service portfolio centers on specialized helicopter operations for DPAA's military forensic identification and remains recovery missions, including aerial surveys and photography, transportation of recovered remains and personnel, excavation site support, aircraft inspection and safety assessment (carburetor or compressed-air-breathing system evaluations), and logistical assistance for investigating crash sites from past military conflicts. All work is performed in Laos and Cambodia without set-aside designation on a firm-fixed-price basis. Recent representative delivery orders include a $903,233.29 task order in January 2026 for AS350B2 helicopter support services under the $8.72 million IDC (ultimate completion February 2026), a $718,592.70 delivery order in February 2025 for helicopter support services, and a $839,683.49 delivery order in December 2024 for helicopter support services. Task orders range from under $1,000 (small ancillary services such as carb assessments or safety inspections, $858 to $4,755) to $1 million-plus missions.

LAO Skyway's vehicle position is entirely within the DPAA ecosystem. Three IDCs serve as the parent vehicles: IDC N4034515D0004 (25 task orders, $19.1 million combined potential value), IDC N4034520D0001 (17 task orders, $2.4 million), and IDC N4034524D0001 (10 task orders, $3 million). The single-award IDC structure reflects DPAA's confidence in LAO Skyway's regional expertise and allows the agency to mobilize aviation support on an as-needed basis without competitive delays. Activity has remained flat year over year—four to five delivery orders annually from 2022 through 2025, with two orders in 2026 through mid-January. The vendor holds no subcontract relationships; all work is delivered as prime contractor. The classification across all awards is Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation (NAICS 48842, PSC code for passenger air charter), and the vendor competes without set-asides in full-and-open procurements. Customer concentration is total and unique: DPAA accounts for 100% of awards and 100% of combined potential value, making LAO Skyway a single-mission, single-agency vendor dependent entirely on DPAA's annual helicopter requirements in Southeast Asia.