Brenda Hadley

Brenda Hadley serves as a Program Analyst with the Missile Defense Agency (HQ0276), where she plays a critical role in shaping and executing technical acquisitions aligned with the agency’s mission to develop and field integrated ballistic and hypersonic missile defense systems. She supports the full lifecycle of research and development contracts, from requirement definition through contract award and performance monitoring, ensuring alignment with DoD acquisition regulations and technical specifications for advanced sensor architectures, interceptor systems, and command-and-control platforms. Her work directly enables the MDA’s strategic priorities by facilitating timely procurement of cutting-edge technologies essential to national missile defense. Brenda collaborates with a broad spectrum of defense contractors and research institutions specializing in aerospace engineering, systems integration, and advanced physics-based modeling. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with prime contractors possessing deep expertise in radar signal processing, hypersonic trajectory prediction, and real-time battle management systems. Her procurement approach emphasizes technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and long-term partnership development with vendors capable of delivering high-assurance, mission-critical capabilities under stringent security and compliance standards. Brenda’s contracting activity reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted without socioeconomic set-asides. This indicates a focus on technical merit and capability over socioeconomic classifications, consistent with the highly specialized and classified nature of missile defense R&D. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her portfolio, she remains compliant with all federal procurement guidelines and may engage small businesses as subcontractors within larger prime contracts. Her primary procurement focus is centered on NAICS 541712—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences—reflecting her specialization in advanced defense science and engineering. She procures services including computational modeling, prototype development, systems engineering, live-fire testing support, and sensor algorithm refinement, all critical to advancing kinetic and non-kinetic countermeasure technologies for national defense.