Cynthia L. Conner

Cynthia Conner serves as a primary procurement lead within DLA Aviation, responsible for managing critical acquisitions of high-reliability aerospace components essential to the sustainment of U.S. military aircraft systems. Her role is central to ensuring the operational readiness of military aviation platforms by securing mission-critical parts such as bearings, control instruments, and avionics subsystems. She oversees the full lifecycle of contracting actions—from market research and solicitation to award and performance monitoring—focusing on technical specifications that meet stringent military standards for durability, precision, and supply chain continuity. Her acquisitions directly support the agency’s mission of maintaining inventory readiness and mitigating obsolescence risks across legacy and modernized airframes. While specific contractor names are not disclosed in available data, Conner’s procurement patterns reflect a preference for established industrial suppliers with proven capabilities in precision manufacturing and aerospace-grade component production. She engages with a diverse pool of vendors, including large-tier manufacturers and specialized subcontractors capable of meeting MIL-SPEC and AS9100 requirements. Her working relationships are characterized by long-term, performance-based engagements that emphasize technical compliance, quality assurance, and just-in-time logistics support. Conner’s contracting portfolio is overwhelmingly non-set-aside, with 92.9% of awards issued under unrestricted competition, reflecting the specialized nature of the components procured. Nevertheless, she consistently allocates approximately 4.4% of awards to Total Small Business Set-Asides and 2.2% to Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, demonstrating a measured but intentional commitment to socioeconomic contracting goals within the constraints of technical necessity. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 332991 (Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing), which accounts for 75.3% of her activity, alongside significant acquisitions in precision measuring and control devices (NAICS 334519) and aeronautical instrumentation (NAICS 334511). She specializes in procuring high-tolerance mechanical and electro-mechanical components used in flight control systems, engine assemblies, and navigation instrumentation, requiring deep domain expertise in aerospace materials, tolerancing, and reliability engineering.