Ashton E. Turner

Ashton Turner serves as a key procurement professional within the Aviation Logistics Center (ALC) of the U.S. Coast Guard, responsible for managing acquisitions that sustain the operational readiness of the Coast Guard’s rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft fleet. Focused on mission-critical aviation systems, Turner oversees the procurement of spare parts, avionics upgrades, and maintenance support services essential to extending the service life of legacy platforms such as the MH-65E Dauphin and HC-144 Ocean Sentry. Their work directly supports the ALC’s core mission of ensuring aircraft availability through timely, compliant, and technically sound contracting actions, primarily within the aerospace sustainment domain. Turner maintains consistent working relationships with leading aerospace and defense contractors including ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., AIRBUS US SPACE & DEFENSE INC, and AVIATRIX INC, partnering with firms capable of delivering certified aviation components, technical support, and integrated logistics solutions. These relationships are characterized by long-term sustainment contracts requiring strict adherence to military and FAA airworthiness standards. GOLDBELT INTEGRATED LOGISTICS SERVICES, LLC and Quality Biological, Inc. further round out the contractor base, reflecting a mix of industrial and specialized support vendors aligned with aviation maintenance and logistics requirements. Set-aside preferences are overwhelmingly skewed toward unrestricted competition, with 98% of acquisitions conducted under open, full and open competition per FAR 6.101. Only 2% of awards are designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a procurement strategy prioritizing technical capability and supply chain reliability over socioeconomic preferences, though small business participation remains a formal consideration. The primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), reflecting deep expertise in sourcing airframe components, avionics subsystems, and mission-specific auxiliary equipment. Secondary activity under NAICS 488190 (Other Support Activities for Air Transportation) underscores involvement in technical maintenance support and logistics integration services critical to fleet sustainment. Turner’s domain expertise centers on aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) supply chains and compliance with DoD and FAA technical specifications.