Dona Pirtle

Dona Pirtle serves as a secondary procurement professional within the Ok DLA Aviation at Oklahoma City, supporting the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s mission to sustain operational readiness of U.S. military aircraft systems. In this capacity, she facilitates the acquisition of critical aviation components and auxiliary equipment essential to maintaining airframe, propulsion, and avionics readiness across legacy and modern DoD platforms. Her role involves coordinating contract execution, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations, and supporting the lifecycle management of high-priority aviation parts under the agency’s supply chain resilience strategy. She primarily handles direct procurement actions for specialized aerospace components requiring stringent technical certification and quality assurance. Pirtle maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Aero International, LLC, Thomas Instrument, Incorporated, and Intertrade Limited. These partnerships reflect a reliance on established Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers with proven capabilities in manufacturing and delivering certified aviation parts, including avionics, control systems, and support equipment. Her contracting patterns indicate a preference for long-term, performance-based engagements with vendors possessing deep domain expertise in military aviation systems, emphasizing reliability, traceability, and compliance with MIL-SPEC standards. Pirtle’s procurement activities reflect a strict focus on open competition, with 100% of acquisitions issued without set-aside designations such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. This underscores a mission-driven prioritization of technical capability and supply chain continuity over socioeconomic preferences, aligning with the agency’s mandate to ensure uninterrupted availability of mission-critical aviation parts. Her primary procurement focus is centered on NAICS 336413—Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing—indicating deep specialization in procuring non-airframe components such as sensors, actuators, electrical harnesses, and maintenance support equipment. Her technical expertise lies in sourcing highly engineered aviation subsystems that meet rigorous DoD certification requirements, ensuring interoperability and airworthiness across the fleet.