Amanda Smith

Amanda Smith serves as a Contracting Specialist at U.S. Transportation Command (USTransCom), where she plays a pivotal role in executing the agency’s global mobility mission through the acquisition of critical air transportation services. She manages full lifecycle procurement activities for scheduled freight air transportation contracts, ensuring timely and reliable movement of military personnel, equipment, and supplies across air, sea, land, and rail domains. Her work directly supports expeditionary logistics and rapid deployment operations, with a focus on securing commercial air cargo capacity to sustain theater access and operational readiness worldwide. Smith maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of specialized aviation contractors, including UNCOMN LLC, PHOENIX AIR GROUP, INC., RAMPART AVIATION, LLC, FANCIULLI EGISTO S.R.L., and MOUNTAIN AVIATION, LLC. These partnerships center on commercial airfreight services that meet stringent DoD mobility requirements, including international routing, cargo security protocols, and just-in-time delivery capabilities. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, risk mitigation, and operational reliability, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in compliance and mission alignment. Smith’s procurement portfolio reflects a strict focus on open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions issued without any socioeconomic set-asides, including 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB programs. This reflects a deliberate strategy to prioritize operational urgency and market capacity over socioeconomic preferences, ensuring access to the most capable and scalable air cargo providers available globally. Her primary technical domain is NAICS 481112—Scheduled Freight Air Transportation—where she specializes in procuring scheduled, non-passenger air freight services for military logistics. She routinely evaluates aircraft type, route networks, customs clearance capabilities, and cargo handling standards to ensure seamless integration with USTransCom’s global mobility architecture. Her expertise lies in aligning commercial air carrier capabilities with expeditionary logistics requirements under dynamic operational conditions.