Chrissy Turnage

Chrissy Turnage serves as a primary contracting professional within the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Oklahoma City office, responsible for managing the acquisition of critical aviation components and support equipment essential to sustaining U.S. military aircraft readiness. She plays a central role in executing the agency’s mission to ensure operational availability of airframes, propulsion systems, and avionics across legacy and modern DoD platforms. Her procurement activities focus on high-priority, mission-critical spare parts and auxiliary equipment, requiring deep technical understanding of aerospace supply chains and rapid response logistics to maintain fleet readiness. Turnage handles complex sole-source and competitive acquisitions under strict defense acquisition regulations, ensuring compliance with federal contracting standards while minimizing operational downtime for warfighting platforms. Turnage maintains longstanding relationships with key contractors including Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Aero International, LLC, Thomas Instrument, Incorporated, and Intertrade Limited. These partnerships reflect a reliance on specialized manufacturers and distributors with proven capability in producing certified aviation parts, including engine components, sensors, and avionics subsystems. Her contracting approach emphasizes supplier reliability, technical certification compliance, and supply chain continuity, often leveraging long-term agreements and blanket purchase agreements to sustain just-in-time delivery of mission-essential items. She works closely with vendors who maintain AS9100 and ITAR compliance, ensuring adherence to stringent aerospace quality and export control standards. Turnage’s procurement portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic prioritization of technical capability and supply chain resilience over socioeconomic set-asides, consistent with the Defense Logistics Agency’s mandate to secure mission-critical aviation parts without restriction. While small business participation is not formally targeted, contractors of all sizes are evaluated strictly on technical merit, delivery performance, and quality assurance credentials. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413—Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing—accounting for 97.3% of her activity. She specializes in acquiring non-engine aviation components such as actuators, electrical harnesses, control panels, and auxiliary power unit parts, demonstrating deep expertise in aerospace subsystems and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) supply chains. Her technical domain expertise ensures alignment with Air Force and Navy aircraft sustainment requirements across multiple platforms.