Latoya Orr

Latoya Orr serves as a Contract Specialist within the Defense Logistics Agency’s Aviation division at Huntsville, where she plays a pivotal role in securing mission-critical components for U.S. military aviation, missile, and space propulsion systems. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle of acquisition activities—from market research and solicitation development to contract award and administration—ensuring compliance with FAR and DFARS regulations. She specializes in procuring high-integrity avionics, power distribution systems, and specialized aerospace hardware essential to maintaining operational readiness and technological superiority across defense platforms. Orr maintains consistent 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 focus on technologically advanced suppliers capable of delivering precision-engineered components for classified and unclassified aviation systems. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous technical evaluation, and long-term supplier collaboration to ensure reliability and supply chain continuity. While the majority of her acquisitions are conducted under open competition (82.3%), Orr actively supports small business participation through Total Small Business Set-Asides (13.7%) and SBA-certified Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) set-asides (3.9%). Her socioeconomic contracting strategy aligns with DLA’s mission to foster innovation and resilience by integrating qualified small and disadvantaged firms into the defense supply base. Her procurement portfolio is heavily concentrated in NAICS 335931 (current-carrying wiring devices), 334412 (bare printed circuit board manufacturing), and 336413 (other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment), reflecting deep expertise in electronic subsystems, circuitry fabrication, and aerospace hardware integration. She routinely manages acquisitions for search and guidance systems (NAICS 334511) and power transformers (NAICS 335311), demonstrating specialized knowledge in avionics, electrical infrastructure, and mission-critical electronics essential to modern military aviation platforms.