Alexandra Mcdonald

Alexandra McDonald serves as a key procurement lead within the FA3002 338 Ess Cc, a unit of the Department of the Air Force responsible for sustaining and modernizing military aviation training systems. She manages the acquisition of mission-critical software and digital training solutions that support flight simulation, crew readiness, and technical instruction for enlisted personnel, officers, and international partners. Her work directly enables the agency’s strategic imperative to enhance air superiority through high-fidelity, scalable training environments, with a focus on software-based training platforms, virtual reality systems, and adaptive learning architectures. She routinely oversees full lifecycle contracting actions, including solicitation, evaluation, and award, ensuring alignment with Air Force training modernization goals. McDonald maintains a consistent working relationship with CLEARWATERS INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS LLC, a primary vendor for advanced aviation training software and simulation integrations. Her procurement approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, with an emphasis on agile development cycles and iterative delivery of training modules. She favors contractors with proven expertise in defense-grade software engineering, cybersecurity compliance, and interoperability with DoD training networks such as T-7A and ACMI systems. Her contracting portfolio is entirely set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5, reflecting a strong institutional commitment to socioeconomic diversity and innovation. All awards are restricted to small business concerns, ensuring that emerging defense tech firms have equitable access to high-impact training modernization contracts. McDonald’s procurement focus is exclusively aligned with NAICS 513210 (Software Publishers), indicating a deep specialization in commercial-off-the-shelf and custom-developed training software. She procures flight simulation engines, AI-driven adaptive learning platforms, data analytics tools for performance assessment, and secure cloud-hosted training environments—domain-specific solutions critical to sustaining the next generation of aircrew readiness.