Annette Pruett

Annette Pruett serves as a primary procurement lead within the ASC Supplier Operations OEM Division of the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, where she plays a critical role in sustaining and modernizing mission-critical aviation systems for U.S. military platforms. Her responsibilities encompass the end-to-end acquisition of high-reliability, precision-engineered components essential to aircraft propulsion, flight control, and avionics systems. She manages complex contracts for technically demanding parts that ensure operational readiness across legacy and next-generation platforms, working closely with engineering and logistics teams to align procurement strategy with airworthiness and supply chain resilience requirements. Pruett maintains strategic relationships with a diverse base of aerospace and defense suppliers, including Tier 1 OEMs and specialized manufacturers of certified aviation components. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established industrial vendors with proven quality systems and AS9100 certification, while also engaging niche suppliers capable of reproducing obsolescent or proprietary parts under technical data rights agreements. She fosters long-term vendor partnerships grounded in performance-based contracting and lifecycle support, ensuring continuity of supply for mission-essential hardware. Her procurement approach prioritizes open competition, with 89.9% of actions conducted without set-aside restrictions, reflecting the technical specificity and low supplier base for many aviation components. Nevertheless, she actively supports small business participation, consistently awarding approximately 8% of contracts under Total Small Business Set-Asides, with smaller but meaningful allocations to Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned and HUBZone firms, demonstrating balanced compliance with socioeconomic goals. Pruett’s technical focus centers on NAICS 336413 for other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment, with significant activity in 334519 and 334513 for precision measuring, control, and instrumentation systems. She procures flight-critical sensors, avionics interfaces, environmental control units, and navigation subsystems, demonstrating deep expertise in aerospace manufacturing standards, configuration control, and military specification compliance.