Imelda Chagolla

Imelda Chagolla serves as a secondary procurement professional within the Defense Logistics Agency’s Aviation unit at Huntsville, supporting the sustainment and modernization of U.S. military aviation systems. She plays a critical role in executing contract actions for high-integrity avionics, propulsion components, and mission-critical aerospace hardware, ensuring operational readiness across aircraft, missile, and space platforms. Her responsibilities include managing complex acquisition workflows aligned with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement requirements, with a focus on technical specifications for flight-safety-rated systems and classified supply chain elements. Chagolla’s work directly enables the agency’s mission to maintain airpower superiority through reliable, secure, and resilient logistics support. She maintains established working relationships with leading defense contractors including Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, BAE Systems Land and Armaments L.P., Simulation Technologies, Inc., and L3Harris Fuzing and Ordnance Systems, Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, certified defense prime contractors capable of delivering precision-engineered components under stringent quality and security protocols. Her procurement patterns indicate a reliance on long-standing vendor relationships with proven track records in aerospace systems integration, testing, and rapid sustainment response. Chagolla’s contracting portfolio is overwhelmingly dominated by unrestricted acquisitions, with only 14.2% set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5, indicating a primary focus on mission-critical capability delivery over socioeconomic preferences. While small business participation is present, it is not a dominant driver of award strategy, consistent with the technical complexity and security requirements of aviation sustainment contracts. Her procurement activity centers on NAICS 336412 (Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing) and 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), reflecting deep expertise in turbine components, flight control systems, and auxiliary power units. She also regularly procures bare printed circuit boards and ball bearings critical to avionics and propulsion subsystems, demonstrating specialized knowledge in high-reliability manufacturing standards for defense aerospace applications.