Adam Roob

Adam Roob serves as a key procurement lead at NASA Langley Research Center, supporting the agency’s mission to advance aeronautics and space exploration through cutting-edge research and development. He manages a portfolio of complex scientific and engineering acquisitions, primarily focused on physical, engineering, and life sciences R&D services. His work ensures that NASA Langley’s technical initiatives in hypersonics, advanced materials, remote sensing, and spacecraft instrumentation are supported by timely, compliant, and innovative contracting solutions. Roob’s acquisitions are mission-critical, enabling the development of next-generation aerospace systems and planetary exploration technologies. Roob maintains strategic relationships with a select group of high-impact contractors, including Jackson Bond Enterprises, LLC, the University of Utah, and Roche Diagnostics Corporation. These partnerships reflect a blend of academic research collaboration, specialized engineering services, and advanced diagnostic technology integration. His contracting patterns emphasize long-term, performance-based engagements with entities capable of delivering high-fidelity scientific outputs and technical innovation under NASA’s stringent compliance and quality standards. His procurement strategy reflects a balanced approach to socioeconomic goals, with approximately half of his contracts set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5 and the other half awarded as full and open competitions. This dual approach ensures robust competition while actively fostering opportunities for small business participation across technical domains. Roob’s consistent use of small business set-asides demonstrates a deliberate commitment to expanding the pool of qualified vendors capable of supporting NASA’s advanced R&D objectives. His primary focus is on NAICS 541715—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences—where he procures services ranging from computational fluid dynamics modeling and materials characterization to instrumentation design and flight test data analysis. His expertise lies in acquiring specialized scientific and engineering R&D that directly supports NASA’s core missions in atmospheric flight and deep space exploration.