Ashley Gizas

Ashley Gizas serves as a Contract Specialist within the W6QK Acc-rsa organization under the Department of the Army, where she plays a pivotal role in advancing the Army’s aerial and missile defense modernization efforts. She manages the full lifecycle of complex acquisitions for mission-critical aerospace systems, including aircraft platforms, avionics, propulsion components, and sensor integration systems. Her portfolio primarily supports programs tied to the UH-60 Black Hawk and AH-64 Apache helicopters, ensuring timely delivery of technically rigorous, combat-ready capabilities. Ashley works closely with engineering and program management teams to align contracting strategies with operational requirements, applying federal acquisition regulations to mitigate risk and ensure compliance across high-stakes defense procurements. Ashley collaborates with a diverse range of defense industrial base contractors specializing in aerospace manufacturing and mission support services. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she routinely engages with Tier 1 aerospace primes and niche suppliers of subsystems such as flight control computers, radar integration modules, and maintenance support equipment. Her working relationships are characterized by a focus on technical proficiency, supply chain resilience, and performance-based contracting, emphasizing deliverables tied to system readiness and lifecycle sustainment. Ashley’s contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted without set-asides. This approach underscores her alignment with the agency’s mission to prioritize capability over socioeconomic classification, ensuring access to the broadest possible pool of qualified vendors for high-performance defense systems. While small business participation is not formally mandated in her portfolio, she remains attentive to opportunities where qualified small businesses can contribute technically viable solutions. Her primary procurement focus lies within NAICS 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing) and 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), with additional emphasis on 334511 for advanced navigation and guidance systems. She specializes in procuring integrated avionics, flight control hardware, and support services critical to maintaining airworthiness and combat effectiveness across Army rotary-wing and missile defense platforms.