Laura Ades

Laura Ades serves as a key procurement professional within U.S. Transportation Command (USTransCom), supporting the agency’s global mobility mission through the acquisition of critical logistics and technical services. She manages a portfolio of contracts focused on expeditionary logistics, port and terminal operations, and rapid deployment support, ensuring the seamless movement of personnel and equipment across air, sea, land, and rail domains. Her acquisitions primarily center on engineering, computer systems management, and mission-critical IT services that enable theater access and sustainment for military operations worldwide. Ades maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of specialized contractors, including UNCOMN LLC, PHOENIX AIR GROUP, INC., RAMPART AVIATION, LLC, FANCIULLI EGISTO S.R.L., and MOUNTAIN AVIATION, LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on aviation logistics, expeditionary support, and technical services tailored to military mobility requirements. Her contracting approach prioritizes performance-based outcomes and mission-critical readiness, often leveraging long-term vendor relationships to ensure operational continuity and rapid response capabilities. While the majority of her acquisitions are open to full and open competition (80%), she demonstrates a deliberate commitment to small business participation, with 20% of awards directed toward Women-Owned Small Businesses. This reflects a strategic alignment with DoD socioeconomic goals, favoring WOSB participation over other set-aside categories, and underscores a targeted effort to diversify the supplier base within high-demand technical domains. Her procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), 541513 and 541519 (Computer Facilities and Related Services), and 511210 (Software Publishers), indicating deep expertise in technical systems integration, logistics software platforms, and mission support infrastructure. She consistently procures services related to real-time tracking, terminal automation, and expeditionary computing environments essential to USTransCom’s global operational tempo.