Christina Hurley

Christina Hurley serves as a Contract Specialist within the FA8102 Aflcmc Wi under the Department of the Air Force, where she manages the acquisition of mission-critical avionics, airborne sensor systems, and secure communications equipment essential to air dominance and electronic warfare readiness. Her role encompasses the full lifecycle of procurement—from requirements validation and solicitation development to contract award and performance monitoring—ensuring alignment with Air Force modernization priorities. She specializes in complex, technology-driven acquisitions for manned and unmanned platforms, with a focus on integrating real-time data fusion capabilities and resilient command and control architectures into operational systems. Christina maintains a consistent working relationship with BETTER DIRECT, LLC, a key contractor providing specialized components and subsystems for advanced aircraft avionics. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established industry partners with proven technical expertise in aerospace systems integration, suggesting a reliance on vendors with deep domain knowledge in electronic warfare instrumentation and mission-critical hardware manufacturing. These partnerships are typically long-term and performance-oriented, emphasizing technical compliance, delivery reliability, and support for rapid fielding cycles. Her procurement activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under unrestricted competition. This reflects a strategic focus on technical capability and mission urgency over socioeconomic preferences, prioritizing rapid access to specialized engineering talent and production capacity required for high-priority defense programs. Christina’s primary procurement focus is on NAICS 336413—Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing—where she acquires precision avionics, sensor housings, signal processing modules, and auxiliary power units tailored for next-generation fighter and drone platforms. Her expertise lies in procuring technically complex, low-volume, high-reliability components that support electronic attack, surveillance, and secure data-link systems, underscoring her deep familiarity with aerospace defense supply chains and MIL-STD compliance requirements.