Christina Ming

Christina Ming supports critical procurement activities for the FA2518 USSF SPOC/SAIO within the Department of the Air Force, advancing space domain capabilities through technical acquisitions in engineering, research, and telecommunications. She manages contract actions that sustain and modernize space-based surveillance, satellite communications, and electromagnetic warfare systems, ensuring operational resilience in contested environments. Her work directly enables the agency’s mission to enhance space domain awareness and secure next-generation space architectures, focusing on complex, mission-critical services requiring high technical rigor and rapid deployment cycles. She maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including Keystone Mission Solutions Corp, Riverside Research Institute, and Bowhead Information Technology Service LLC, all of which provide specialized engineering, systems integration, and cyber-resilient communications solutions. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, non-traditional defense contractors with deep expertise in space systems and classified environments. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, technical evaluation rigor, and long-term sustainment support rather than commoditized IT services. Christina’s contracting patterns show a strong inclination toward 8(a) competed set-asides, which account for 42.9% of awards, demonstrating a deliberate commitment to expanding opportunities for small, socioeconomically disadvantaged businesses in high-technical domains. While the majority of acquisitions remain open to all competitors, her consistent use of 8(a) vehicles signals a strategic effort to cultivate a pipeline of capable small business partners with niche space and defense expertise. Her primary NAICS focus areas include Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (541715) and Engineering Services (541330), reflecting a heavy emphasis on advanced R&D for space sensor systems, signal processing, and secure communications infrastructure. She also procures telecommunications services under 517810 and specialized data solutions under 511210, underscoring expertise in electromagnetic spectrum operations and resilient space-ground architecture development.