Christin Lockhart

Christin L. Lockhart serves as a Contracting Officer within the Headquarters of Air Combat Command’s Acquisition Management Integration Center (FA4890), where she plays a pivotal role in securing mission-critical capabilities that sustain and modernize air dominance. Her portfolio centers on procuring advanced training systems, command and control infrastructure, and specialized technical services essential to pilot readiness, surveillance, and tactical communications. She manages full lifecycle acquisitions under FAR and DFARS guidelines, ensuring compliance with Air Force acquisition policy while aligning contract outcomes with operational warfighting requirements. Lockhart maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including VETPRIDE-EMI MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS, LLC, MILTRAIN JV II LLC, and JBW FEDITC JV LLC, reflecting a preference for established joint ventures and specialized service providers with proven expertise in defense aviation support. Her contracting patterns indicate a reliance on experienced industry partners capable of delivering integrated technical solutions, particularly in training simulation, aircraft maintenance, and mission-critical logistics. These partnerships are typically structured as competitive, performance-based contracts emphasizing accountability and mission alignment. Her set-aside preferences reflect a strong emphasis on open competition, with 83.3% of awards issued without socioeconomic set-asides, while 16.7% are designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This pattern demonstrates a balanced approach—prioritizing capability and readiness while maintaining a deliberate, though limited, commitment to small business participation where market conditions support it. Lockhart’s procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), underscoring her specialization in complex, non-standard technical services. She also frequently procures niche capabilities in nonscheduled air transportation (NAICS 481211 and 481212) and aircraft parts manufacturing (NAICS 336413), indicating deep expertise in aviation-specific support domains. Her work consistently intersects with research and development in engineering sciences (NAICS 541712), reinforcing her role in advancing next-generation air combat systems through innovative, mission-tailored acquisitions.