Andrea Galstian

Andrea Galstian serves as a Contract Specialist within the FA8823 Sustainment MCPNT SSC/PKL under the Department of the Air Force, where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical acquisitions for aerospace and space-based sustainment programs. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions for advanced wireless communications equipment, satellite systems, and command, control, and communications infrastructure essential to national defense. She specializes in complex, technical contracts requiring rigorous compliance with FAR and DFARS regulations, ensuring operational readiness of guided missile systems, GPS architectures, and space vehicle platforms through timely and compliant contract award and administration. Galstian collaborates with a broad spectrum of defense industrial base contractors, primarily those with deep expertise in radio and wireless communications equipment manufacturing. Her working relationships are characterized by a focus on technical proficiency, performance history, and supply chain resilience, often engaging with prime contractors possessing proven capabilities in RF systems, signal processing, and secure data transmission. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently partners with firms capable of meeting stringent military specifications for ruggedized, high-reliability hardware and embedded software solutions. Her contracting activity reflects a strong preference for unrestricted competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted under open, non-set-aside procedures. This indicates a strategic emphasis on maximizing competition among qualified industry participants rather than leveraging socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. Her approach prioritizes technical capability and mission need over socioeconomic preferences, aligning with the high-stakes, time-sensitive nature of aerospace sustainment requirements. Galstian’s procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 334220—Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing. She procures advanced RF transceivers, satellite terminals, secure waveform-enabled radios, and integrated communication payloads critical to air and space domain operations. Her technical domain expertise lies in electromagnetic spectrum management, secure communications architectures, and the sustainment of legacy and next-generation military-grade wireless systems.