Vampire Aviation LLC

Vampire Aviation LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Lafayette, Louisiana, operates as a prime contractor providing de Havilland DH-115 Vampire jet aircraft aerial demonstration services to U.S. Air Force commands for air shows, open houses, and community engagement events. The firm is a limited liability company competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements (no set-aside designations on 21 of 27 awards), with the remainder designated as Total Small Business set-asides.

Vampire Aviation's capability portfolio consists exclusively of short-term aerial demonstration and static display services. The vendor operates a vintage military jet aircraft and provides pilots to conduct aerobatic flying performances, static aircraft displays, and ground operations support at Air Force bases across the continental United States. Representative work includes a $10,680.50 purchase order from Air Education and Training Command for a DH-115 Vampire aircraft performance at the 2026 JBSA Great Texas Air Show (completion May 4, 2026), an $8,995.00 contract from Global Strike Command for one practice and two demonstration performances supporting the CY25 Kirtland Air Force Base Open House (completion June 1, 2025), and a $10,995.00 purchase order from Air Mobility Command for aerial demonstration services at Travis Air Force Base (completion March 18, 2024).

Customer concentration sits tightly within the Department of the Air Force and its major commands. Air Combat Command and Global Strike Command each account for 5 awards and $45 thousand in combined potential value. Air Mobility Command has placed 4 awards worth $39 thousand, the Air Force (unspecified command) 4 awards worth $37 thousand, and Air Education and Training Command 3 awards worth $33 thousand. These five customer buckets represent 78% of awards and 72% of combined potential value. All ten distinct customer agencies served are Department of the Air Force components, with no awards from other federal departments.

All twenty-seven awards are firm fixed-price purchase orders with contract values ranging from $8,000 to $11,995.00. No contracts sit on parent vehicles, IDIQs, or GWACs; each award represents a discrete procurement. Recent activity has been sporadic — four awards in 2024, three in 2025, and one year-to-date in 2026 — across a footprint that produced $283 thousand in combined potential value and $244 thousand obligated across the nine-year source period. Vampire Aviation holds no subcontract work and maintains no subcontract footprint; all twenty-seven awards are prime contracts. The vendor's NAICS classification centers on Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers (16 awards) and All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries (6 awards), with PSC coding reflecting Social-Recreational services (21 awards).