Christi Edwards

Christi Edwards serves as a Contracting Officer for the W6QK Acc-rsa under the Department of the Army, where she leads the acquisition of mission-critical aerospace systems and technical support services essential to the Army’s aerial and missile defense modernization efforts. Her portfolio centers on the procurement of advanced avionics, propulsion systems, sensor technologies, and integrated defense platforms supporting the UH-60 and AH-64 Apache fleets. She manages the full lifecycle of complex R&D and systems integration contracts, ensuring alignment with Army modernization priorities and defense acquisition regulations. Edwards plays a pivotal role in translating operational requirements into technically sound, compliant solicitations that deliver high-reliability capabilities to the field. While specific contractor names are not publicly disclosed, Edwards maintains strategic partnerships with defense primes and specialized engineering firms capable of delivering classified and unclassified aerospace technologies. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and rigorous source selection criteria, fostering long-term vendor relationships built on innovation, quality assurance, and adherence to defense standards such as MIL-STD and DO-178C. She works closely with industry to refine requirements and ensure solutions meet rigorous military certification and interoperability mandates. Edwards’ procurement portfolio reflects a 100% non-set-aside preference, indicating a focus on full and open competition for technically complex, mission-essential capabilities. This pattern underscores the specialized nature of the systems she acquires, where only a limited pool of qualified vendors possess the requisite security clearances, engineering expertise, and production capacity. While small business set-asides are not utilized, she ensures compliance with all socioeconomic reporting requirements and encourages subcontracting opportunities where technically feasible. Her primary focus is on NAICS 541712—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences—reflecting deep expertise in advanced aerospace engineering, systems integration, and prototype development. She routinely procures next-generation radar systems, electronic warfare suites, flight control software, and propulsion upgrades, requiring deep technical knowledge of defense aviation and missile defense architectures.