Alejandra R. Avila

Alejandra R. Avila serves as a key procurement professional within the W6QK Acc-pica organization under the Department of the Army, where she manages critical acquisitions supporting the sustainment and modernization of ammunition manufacturing capabilities. Her responsibilities center on executing full lifecycle contracting for defense industrial base systems, with a sharp focus on non-small arms ammunition production, facility infrastructure, and operational logistics support. She plays a pivotal role in ensuring the Army’s munitions supply chain remains resilient, secure, and aligned with national defense priorities, consistently delivering contracts that enable force readiness and combat system modernization. Avila maintains long-standing relationships with leading defense contractors including NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, GENERAL DYNAMICS OTS (WILKES BARRE), LLC, PIONEERING DECISIVE SOLUTIONS INC, BIGELOW FAMILY HOLDINGS LLC, and WISENGINEERING LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for established industrial base vendors with proven expertise in high-volume ammunition production, precision machining, and military-grade manufacturing systems. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical compliance, supply chain integrity, and performance reliability, fostering collaborative, performance-based engagements with prime contractors who meet stringent defense quality standards. Avila’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% no set-aside orientation, indicating a strategic focus on mission-critical capabilities that require specialized industrial capacity, advanced engineering, and large-scale production infrastructure. This pattern underscores a prioritization of technical capability and operational readiness over socioeconomic set-asides, with awards directed exclusively to firms capable of delivering complex, high-volume munitions systems under tight operational timelines. Her expertise is concentrated exclusively in NAICS 332993 — Ammunition (except Small Arms) Manufacturing — encompassing the procurement of explosive components, propellant systems, artillery rounds, and associated production equipment. Avila’s domain knowledge spans ordnance engineering, defense manufacturing standards, and military logistics integration, making her a central figure in sustaining the Army’s strategic ammunition industrial base.