Adrauna Kelley-Mitchell

Adrauna Kelley-Mitchell serves as a procurement specialist focused on aerospace and aviation systems acquisitions, playing a critical role in advancing national defense and aviation infrastructure capabilities. She manages complex contracting actions for high-precision components and subsystems essential to aircraft performance, safety, and mission readiness. Her portfolio centers on the design, manufacturing, and integration of aircraft parts, propulsion systems, and related support technologies, aligning with the agency’s strategic objectives to modernize air transportation and defense aviation assets. She oversees full lifecycle procurements from solicitation through contract closeout, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and technical performance standards. Her contractor relationships are primarily with Tier 1 and Tier 2 manufacturers specializing in aerospace systems, including firms with deep expertise in engine component fabrication, avionics integration, and auxiliary equipment production. She engages with a narrow but highly specialized vendor base, fostering long-term partnerships with companies possessing AS9100 certification and DoD quality assurance credentials. Her procurement approach emphasizes technical competency, supply chain resilience, and regulatory adherence, often requiring vendors to demonstrate validated testing protocols and traceability systems. Kelley-Mitchell’s contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for unrestricted competition, with 98.7% of awards issued without set-asides, indicating a focus on technical superiority and industrial capacity over socioeconomic preferences. However, she consistently allocates 1.3% of awards to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured commitment to small business participation where capability and scale align with mission needs. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and 336412 (Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing), reflecting deep expertise in propulsion systems, flight control components, and mission-critical avionics. She also procures specialized measuring and control devices used in aerospace testing environments, underscoring her technical command over precision engineering domains critical to aviation safety and performance.