Kristian Hollingshead

Kristian Hollingshead serves as the primary contracting lead for the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Oklahoma City, overseeing the acquisition of critical aviation components essential to sustaining U.S. military aircraft readiness. Responsible for managing the end-to-end procurement lifecycle for airframe, propulsion, and avionics subsystems, Hollingshead ensures timely delivery of mission-critical parts to maintain operational availability across legacy and modern DoD aircraft fleets. Their work directly supports the agency’s core mission of supply chain resilience, with a focus on high-reliability, military-specification components that meet stringent aerospace performance and certification standards. Hollingshead maintains consistent procurement relationships with key industrial partners including Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Aero International, LLC, Thomas Instrument, Incorporated, and Intertrade Limited. These partnerships reflect a preference for established defense aerospace suppliers with proven capabilities in manufacturing and logistics support for complex aviation systems. The working relationship patterns indicate a reliance on long-term, performance-based contracts with vendors possessing deep technical expertise in aircraft subsystems, spare parts provisioning, and direct support for maintenance, repair, and overhaul operations. Hollingshead’s contracting portfolio reflects a 100% no set-aside preference, indicating a focus on open competition rather than socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. This approach prioritizes technical capability and supply chain reliability over socioeconomic criteria, aligning with the agency’s operational urgency and the specialized nature of aviation sustainment requirements. The primary NAICS classification underpinning Hollingshead’s portfolio is 336413—Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing—reflecting a dominant focus on non-engine aviation components such as control systems, sensors, actuators, and auxiliary power units. A minor portion of activity falls under 336412, Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing. Their technical domain expertise centers on high-integrity, flight-critical hardware requiring strict compliance with MIL-SPEC, AS9100, and FAA certification standards.