Lt. Haley Bennett

1st Lt. Haley Bennett serves as a Program Manager within the FA8102 Aflcmc Hbk, a critical unit under the Department of the Air Force responsible for sustaining and modernizing air domain capabilities. In this role, she leads the acquisition lifecycle for mission-critical aeronautical systems, overseeing requirements development, source selection, and contract administration for navigation, detection, and command-and-control technologies essential to air superiority and operational readiness. Her acquisitions focus on engineering integration, system upgrades, and sustainment services that enhance air traffic control infrastructure and tactical sensor performance, ensuring alignment with Air Force modernization priorities. Lt. Bennett maintains a primary working relationship with BETTER DIRECT, LLC, a trusted contractor delivering specialized engineering and systems integration support for advanced aeronautical instrumentation. Her procurement patterns reflect a consistent reliance on this vendor for technical execution, indicating a mature, performance-based partnership built on proven capability and mission alignment. While she collaborates with a limited pool of qualified vendors, her approach emphasizes technical proficiency and reliability over broad competition, reflecting the specialized nature of the systems she manages. Lt. Bennett’s contracting activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on accessing the broadest possible technical expertise in highly specialized domains where small business participation is currently limited by market capacity. Her approach prioritizes mission-critical performance over socioeconomic preferences, consistent with the technical complexity and national security sensitivity of the systems under acquisition. Her procurement focus is exclusively aligned with NAICS 334511—Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing. She acquires advanced avionics, radar integration systems, precision navigation payloads, and mission-specific sensor suites, demonstrating deep expertise in airborne electronic systems and their lifecycle sustainment. Her work directly supports the Air Force’s imperative to maintain technological edge in contested air environments.