Aric Harmon

Aric Harmon serves as the primary contracting lead for the Ok DLA Aviation at Oklahoma City, operating under the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation. In this role, he is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions for critical aviation components, including aircraft engines, propulsion systems, and associated avionics. His work directly supports the operational readiness of Department of Defense airframes across legacy and modern fleets, ensuring timely delivery of mission-critical parts through strategic sourcing and supply chain resilience initiatives. Harmon specializes in complex technical acquisitions requiring deep engineering coordination and logistics integration, often involving high-reliability, long-lead items essential to fleet sustainment. Harmon maintains consistent relationships with a core group of Tier 1 aerospace and defense suppliers, including Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Aero International, LLC, and Thomas Instrument, Incorporated. These partnerships are built on long-term sustainment contracts for engineered components, repair services, and specialized test equipment. He also collaborates regularly with Intertrade Limited, a key international supplier of precision-machined parts and aviation hardware. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based requirements, technical compliance, and supply chain continuity, often leveraging blanket purchase agreements and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts to maintain inventory readiness. Harmon’s procurement portfolio reflects a strict focus on open competition, with 100% of awards issued under no set-aside categories. This reflects a mission-driven prioritization of technical capability, supply chain reliability, and rapid response over socioeconomic preferences. While small business participation is not formally targeted, all vendors are evaluated on technical merit, past performance, and production capacity, ensuring the highest standards of aircraft system sustainment. His primary procurement focus is on NAICS 336412—Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing—where he specializes in procuring turbine components, fuel control units, ignition systems, and other high-integrity engine parts. His technical expertise spans propulsion system sustainment, reverse engineering of obsolescent parts, and certification of replacement components for military aircraft platforms.