Cheri Taylor

Cheri B. Taylor serves as a key procurement lead within the Air Force Test Center’s PZZD division at Eglin, supporting the development and fielding of advanced airborne systems, guided missile technologies, and mission-critical avionics. She manages a portfolio of acquisitions focused on rapid prototyping, live-fire testing, and threat simulation capabilities, ensuring that emerging sensor, navigation, and electronic warfare systems meet operational readiness standards. Her work directly enables the Air Force’s test and evaluation lifecycle, bridging technical innovation with acquisition execution to deliver high-priority capabilities to warfighters with speed and precision. Taylor maintains a consistent working relationship with WAVELINK INC, a trusted contractor specializing in mission-critical avionics, signal processing, and embedded systems integration. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for established industry partners with proven expertise in aerospace defense systems, fostering long-term collaborations grounded in technical reliability and performance accountability. While she engages with a narrow pool of prime contractors, her approach emphasizes rigorous technical evaluation and compliance with DoD standards, ensuring seamless system interoperability and field deployability. Taylor’s contracting activity shows no reliance on socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a mission-driven focus on technical capability over socioeconomic criteria, prioritizing performance, schedule, and system readiness in a high-stakes test and evaluation environment where time-to-field is critical. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 334511 for aeronautical navigation and guidance systems, 335999 for specialized electrical components, and 541511 for custom computer programming services. She routinely acquires advanced radar and electronic warfare subsystems, real-time data processing software, and mission-specific firmware, demonstrating deep expertise in the integration of hardware and software for complex airborne test platforms.