Alyson Turri

Alyson Turri serves as a Program Engineer within the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Propulsion Directorate (AFRL/PZL), where she plays a pivotal role in advancing next-generation aerospace propulsion, hypersonics, and high-performance materials research. Her responsibilities include technical oversight of R&D acquisitions, defining performance requirements, and collaborating with acquisition teams to ensure contract awards align with mission-critical technological objectives. She specializes in early-stage innovation contracts, bridging scientific discovery with operational capability through competitive, performance-based solicitations. Turri’s work directly supports the Department of the Air Force’s strategic imperative to maintain air and space dominance through cutting-edge propulsion systems and adaptive flight technologies. Turri maintains consistent partnerships with leading aerospace and defense contractors including UES Inc., General Electric Company, DCS Corporation, Spirit Aerosystems Inc., and Advanced Thermoplastic Composites LLC. These relationships are built on long-term technical collaboration, with vendors frequently engaged for advanced materials development, computational fluid dynamics modeling, propulsion system prototyping, and hypersonic component testing. Her procurement approach emphasizes technical excellence and innovation, often selecting firms with proven expertise in high-temperature materials, propulsion integration, and flight-critical system validation. Turri’s portfolio reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions issued under no set-aside categories. She does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, instead prioritizing technical capability and mission readiness over socioeconomic classifications. This reflects the highly specialized nature of the research she supports, where domain expertise and proven engineering performance are the primary selection criteria. Her procurement activity is exclusively focused on NAICS 541712—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences. She procures advanced engineering services including materials characterization, propulsion system modeling, hypersonic wind tunnel testing, and functional composite fabrication. Her technical domain expertise spans thermally stable composites, adaptive propulsion controls, and high-enthalpy fluid dynamics, making her a key liaison between government scientists and industry innovators in the aerospace propulsion sector.