Audrey A. Guerra

Audrey A. Guerra serves as a Contract Specialist within the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), where she plays a critical role in executing complex acquisition strategies for advanced missile defense systems. Responsible for managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions, she ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while supporting the agency’s mission to develop and field layered, integrated defenses against ballistic missile threats. Her portfolio primarily consists of research and development contracts focused on sensor modernization, guided weapon integration, and midcourse and terminal-phase interception technologies, requiring deep technical understanding and rigorous contract administration. Guerra maintains strong, ongoing relationships with prime contractors including Lockheed Martin Corp and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, which serve as primary systems integrators for missile defense architectures. She also collaborates regularly with Jacobs Technology Inc., leveraging their engineering and technical support capabilities. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term strategic partnerships with industry leaders capable of delivering high-performance, mission-critical systems under tight technical and schedule constraints, often involving classified or sensitive program requirements. Her procurement activity reflects a uniform focus on full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under no set-aside categories. This indicates a deliberate alignment with the technical complexity and scale of missile defense programs, where only a limited number of qualified entities possess the requisite expertise, infrastructure, and security clearances to perform. As a result, socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB are not utilized in her portfolio. Her primary NAICS classification is 541712—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)—reflecting her specialization in advanced defense R&D. She procures cutting-edge technologies including radar systems, kinetic interceptors, battle management software, and test instrumentation, requiring deep domain knowledge in aerospace engineering, guidance systems, and defense systems integration.