Capt Gary Goff

Capt Gary Goff serves as a Project Officer within the FA8823 Sustainment MCPNT SSC/PKL under the Department of the Air Force, where he plays a pivotal role in managing the lifecycle sustainment and modernization of critical aerospace and space-based defense systems. His responsibilities include overseeing technical requirements, evaluating contractor performance, and ensuring alignment with national security objectives for guided missile systems, satellite communications, and global positioning infrastructure. Capt Goff primarily handles research and development acquisitions under full and open competition, focusing on engineering services, systems integration, and advanced technology maturation to maintain operational superiority in contested environments. Capt Goff collaborates with a diverse range of defense contractors specializing in aerospace engineering, space systems sustainment, and command and control modernization. While no single contractor dominates his portfolio, he consistently engages with firms possessing deep expertise in RF systems, orbital mechanics, and secure communications architectures. His working relationships are characterized by a performance-based, technical merit-driven approach, emphasizing innovation, rapid prototyping, and rigorous systems engineering discipline. He fosters long-term partnerships with vendors capable of delivering high-assurance, mission-critical capabilities under evolving threat conditions. Capt Goff’s procurement activity is exclusively conducted under full and open competition, with no set-asides for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic programs. This reflects the highly specialized, technical nature of the acquisitions he manages, where proprietary aerospace expertise and national security clearance requirements often necessitate a broad, qualified industrial base rather than targeted socioeconomic preferences. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541712—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences—where he procures advanced engineering services, prototype development, and systems analysis for space and missile platforms. His technical domain expertise spans satellite payload integration, navigation warfare, secure data links, and space vehicle sustainment, making him a key liaison between operational warfighters and cutting-edge defense technology providers.