Rekisha Burton

Rekisha Burton serves as a primary procurement lead within the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, playing a critical role in securing high-reliability aircraft components and subsystems essential to U.S. military aviation readiness. She manages the acquisition of mission-critical parts for aircraft engines, auxiliary systems, and non-standard airframe components, ensuring supply chain continuity and technical obsolescence mitigation. Her work directly supports DLA Aviation’s mandate to maintain operational availability for fighter jets, transport aircraft, and rotary-wing platforms through rapid logistics response and lifecycle sustainment contracting. Burton’s portfolio emphasizes complex, technically specified procurements requiring stringent quality assurance and military specification compliance. Her contractor relationships are primarily with manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers specializing in aerospace-grade parts, particularly those capable of meeting MIL-SPEC and AS9100 standards. While no single vendor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with firms possessing certified production capabilities for legacy and modern military aircraft systems, fostering long-term partnerships with suppliers who demonstrate technical agility and inventory resilience. Her contracting approach prioritizes performance-based outcomes and just-in-time delivery models to support expeditionary operations. Burton’s procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with over 90% of acquisitions conducted without set-aside restrictions. Small business participation is present but limited, with total small business set-asides accounting for approximately 8% of awards and niche categories such as Women-Owned and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses each representing less than 1%. Her approach aligns with DLA Aviation’s emphasis on mission-critical availability over socioeconomic targets, though she remains responsive to qualified small business capabilities when technical requirements permit. Her primary industry focus lies in NAICS 336413, encompassing other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing, with significant activity also in aircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing (336412). She procures precision-machined components, avionics interfaces, hydraulic actuators, and non-standard structural elements critical to aircraft sustainment. Her technical expertise spans materials science, reverse engineering of obsolescent parts, and certification of alternative sourcing solutions under MIL-STD-130 and other defense logistics frameworks.