Glenda Stitts

Glenda Stitts serves as a primary procurement lead within the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, where she plays a critical role in securing high-reliability components and subsystems essential for the sustainment of U.S. military aviation systems. She manages the acquisition of mission-critical aviation parts, including auxiliary equipment, specialized metal tanks, industrial gases, and precision measuring and control devices, ensuring uninterrupted operational readiness across fleet platforms. Her work directly supports DLA Aviation’s mandate to maintain supply chain resilience, mitigate technical obsolescence, and deliver rapid logistics responses to warfighter needs across global theaters. Stitts collaborates with a diverse base of industrial suppliers, including manufacturers of aircraft subsystems, heavy-gauge metal fabricators, and specialty chemical producers. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with mid-tier and small businesses capable of meeting stringent military specifications for quality, traceability, and delivery timelines. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and long-term supplier reliability over short-term cost savings. Her procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with approximately 78% of acquisitions conducted without set-asides. Nevertheless, she actively supports socioeconomic programs, awarding nearly 20% of contracts to small businesses, including over 7% to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and over 2% to women-owned small businesses. This balanced approach ensures competitive rigor while advancing DLA’s commitment to inclusive industrial base development. Stitts’ technical focus centers on NAICS 336413 for other aircraft parts, 332420 for heavy-gauge metal tank manufacturing, and 325120 for industrial gas production. She routinely procures flight-critical components such as fuel system reservoirs, pressurization controls, and specialized chemical agents used in aircraft maintenance and life support systems, demonstrating deep familiarity with aerospace logistics, military standards, and supply chain risk mitigation.