Chie Mei Tseng

Chie Mei Tseng serves as a key procurement professional within the FA8808 Military Satellite Communications System Program Office, responsible for managing the acquisition of resilient, protected satellite communication systems critical to U.S. strategic and tactical military operations. She oversees the full lifecycle of contracts for next-generation Protected Tactical SATCOM (PTS-G), Evolved Strategic SATCOM (ESS), and Overhead Persistent Infrared capabilities, ensuring the delivery of jam-resistant, secure, and global space-based communications. Her role is central to fulfilling the Department of the Air Force’s mission to modernize and sustain the nation’s protected SATCOM architecture, with a focus on high-assurance, classified, and space-resilient technologies. Tseng collaborates with a network of defense prime contractors and specialized systems integrators experienced in military satellite payloads, RF encryption, anti-jam waveforms, and secure ground terminals. While specific vendor relationships are not publicly disclosed, her procurement activity consistently engages industry leaders with proven expertise in classified space systems, secure communications hardware, and space domain awareness technologies. Her working relationships reflect a preference for established defense contractors with deep technical credibility in protected SATCOM domains, often requiring stringent security clearances and compliance with DoD Space Acquisition Regulations. Her contracting patterns show a 100% preference for full and open competition, with no set-asides allocated to 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic programs. This reflects the highly specialized, classified, and mission-critical nature of the systems she acquires, where technical superiority and national security imperatives take precedence over socioeconomic preferences. Tseng’s primary procurement focus is under NAICS 334220, covering the manufacture of radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment. She specializes in acquiring hardened satellite terminals, secure waveform transceivers, protected payload subsystems, and ground-based command and control infrastructure designed for contested and degraded environments, demonstrating deep expertise in military space communications engineering and acquisition policy.