Vanessa Moes

Vanessa Moes serves as a primary procurement lead for the Georgia Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Warner Robins, where she plays a critical role in sustaining the readiness of strategic U.S. military aviation platforms. Her responsibilities encompass the end-to-end acquisition of mission-critical avionics, aircraft subsystems, and high-integrity electronic components for platforms including the C-5, B-52H, and RQ-4 Global Hawk. She manages complex contract actions under FAR and DFARS frameworks, ensuring compliance with defense logistics standards while prioritizing supply chain resilience and technical interoperability. Her acquisitions focus on modernizing legacy systems and procuring next-generation components to maintain air superiority across the Department of Defense’s strategic fleet. Moes maintains long-standing, high-trust relationships with prime contractors including Lockheed Martin Corporation, L3Harris Technologies, Inc., and Raytheon Company, all of which are industry leaders in aerospace systems integration and defense electronics. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes and technical validation, often requiring rigorous qualification of subsystems under MIL-STD and DO-160 standards. These partnerships are characterized by sustained collaboration on long-term sustainment contracts, rapid response requirements, and technology insertion initiatives aligned with the agency’s modernization roadmap. Her procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 95.1% of awards issued without set-aside designations. While small business participation is limited to 4.9%, it is consistently directed toward Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a structured but non-discriminatory approach to socioeconomic contracting that prioritizes capability over categorization. Her primary technical focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and 334511 (Aeronautical System and Instrument Manufacturing), reflecting deep expertise in avionics architecture, flight control systems, and mission-critical electronic components. She routinely procures radar interfaces, communication modules, embedded computing units, and specialized wiring harnesses, demonstrating specialized knowledge in military-grade electronics and aerospace component integration.