(PCO) Leigh Ann Taylor

Leigh Ann Taylor serves as the primary contracting officer for the FA8524, a critical unit within the Department of the Air Force responsible for sustaining and modernizing airborne avionics, navigation, flight control, and auxiliary power systems. In this role, she manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions for high-precision aerospace components, ensuring operational readiness of Air Force aircraft platforms. Her acquisitions span complex electronic systems, repair and maintenance services, and integration of mission-critical subsystems, requiring deep technical understanding of military aviation standards and compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) requirements. Taylor maintains a broad network of industrial partners specializing in aerospace manufacturing and precision maintenance, including firms with expertise in radar integration, flight control assemblies, and auxiliary power units. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with vendors possessing AS9100 certification and relevant ITAR/EAR compliance capabilities, fostering long-term partnerships grounded in technical reliability and quality assurance. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting and risk mitigation for mission-essential systems. Taylor’s contracting activity is entirely non-set-aside, reflecting the specialized nature of the technical requirements and the limited pool of qualified vendors capable of meeting Air Force operational standards. While she does not prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her focus remains on ensuring mission-critical capability through technical excellence rather than socioeconomic preferences. Her primary NAICS focus areas include aircraft manufacturing (336411), electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance (811210), and the manufacturing of aeronautical systems and instruments (334511). She routinely procures flight control modules, avionics integration kits, radar signal processors, and support services for air transportation infrastructure, demonstrating deep expertise in the technical domains of military aerospace electronics and sustainment engineering.