Amy M. Wallace

Amy Wallace serves as a Contract Specialist at the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex acquisitions for advanced missile defense systems. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of contracts for research, development, and integration of layered defense architectures, with a focus on midcourse and terminal-phase interception technologies. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurement actions with MDA’s strategic mission to field innovative, multi-domain missile defense capabilities. Her portfolio primarily encompasses high-technology R&D contracts requiring rigorous technical evaluation and risk mitigation. Wallace maintains consistent, long-term contracting relationships with leading defense prime contractors, including Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, which serve as primary integrators of sensor systems, battle management software, and kinetic interceptors. She also collaborates regularly with Jacobs Technology Inc. for engineering support and test infrastructure services. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, technical risk sharing, and systems engineering integration, fostering deep vendor partnerships grounded in mission-critical outcomes and rapid prototyping cycles. Wallace’s contracting activity reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards 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. While small business participation is not formally structured in her portfolio, she remains compliant with all federal small business goals through subcontracting oversight and prime contractor reporting requirements. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541712—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences—reflecting her specialization in advanced defense technologies such as radar modernization, hypersonic threat detection, and guided weapon system integration. She consistently procures engineering services, simulation and modeling tools, and test and evaluation support critical to the development of next-generation missile defense architectures.