Michelle Mihu

Michelle Mihu serves as a key procurement professional within the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Ogden (SPRHA4), supporting the sustainment of critical U.S. military aircraft systems, particularly the F-16 and KC-46 platforms. She manages the acquisition of high-reliability aviation components spanning propulsion, power distribution, avionics, and airframe subsystems, ensuring operational readiness through timely delivery of mission-critical parts. Her portfolio includes complex technical procurements requiring stringent quality assurance and supply chain integrity, often involving classified or ITAR-controlled items. Mihu’s work directly enables the agency’s mission to maintain fleet availability through strategic sourcing of legacy and modernized aviation hardware. She maintains enduring relationships with leading defense aerospace contractors including Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. Aviation Group, Raytheon Company, Honeywell International, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, and Meggitt Safety Systems Inc. These partnerships reflect a focus on Tier 1 suppliers with proven capability in manufacturing certified aviation components, advanced electronics, and safety-critical systems. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, technical validation, and performance-based contract management to ensure compliance with military specifications and reliability standards. Mihu’s procurement activity reflects a strict preference for full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued under no set-aside categories. This indicates a focus on technical necessity and supply chain scalability over socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing mission-critical performance and industrial base capability above socioeconomic targeting. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in her portfolio, the complexity of required components often necessitates engagement with established defense prime contractors possessing the requisite certifications and production capacity. Her primary NAICS focus areas include machine shops (332710), bare printed circuit board manufacturing (334412), and printed circuit assembly (334418), alongside specialized aircraft parts manufacturing (336413) and current-carrying wiring device production (335931). This reflects deep expertise in procuring precision-machined metal components, embedded electronics, and integrated avionics subsystems essential to aircraft functionality and survivability.