Captain Hannah Schulz (Contract Specialist)

Captain Hannah Schulz serves as a Contract Specialist within the FA8819 Special Programs Director, Space and Missile Systems Center, under the Department of the Air Force, where she plays a pivotal role in securing advanced space and defense technologies critical to national security. She manages the full lifecycle of classified and unclassified acquisitions for next-generation space systems, including space-based interceptors, electromagnetic warfare platforms, and space domain awareness sensors. Her procurement activities support the agency’s strategic imperative to modernize space-based communication networks and enable space-to-space connectivity, ensuring rapid fielding of cutting-edge capabilities under stringent operational timelines and security protocols. Captain Schulz works primarily with prime contractors possessing Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearances and specialized expertise in guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing. Her vendor partnerships are concentrated with defense aerospace primes and niche systems integrators capable of delivering high-assurance, low-volume, high-complexity hardware and software solutions. She fosters collaborative, risk-managed contracting relationships grounded in technical rigor, performance-based acquisition methods, and strict compliance with National Security Directives. Captain Schulz’s contracting portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, reflecting the classified, mission-critical nature of the programs she supports and the limited pool of qualified vendors with the necessary security infrastructure and technical pedigree. While small business participation is not formally incentivized through socioeconomic set-asides, she ensures that qualified small businesses are integrated as subcontractors where technically feasible and operationally viable. Her procurement focus is exclusively under NAICS 336414—Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing—encompassing the acquisition of space payloads, propulsion systems, on-orbit command and control architectures, and hardened satellite components. She possesses deep domain expertise in space systems engineering, RF and EO/IR sensor integration, and secure space communications, ensuring acquisitions align with the Air Force’s strategic space modernization roadmap.