Connie L. Battaglini

Connie L. Battaglini serves as a Contract Specialist within the Air Force Test Center’s PZZC at Eglin, supporting the Department of the Air Force’s mission to accelerate the development and validation of next-generation aerospace systems. She manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions for engineering services critical to hypersonic technology, fifth-generation datalinks, and hardware-in-the-loop testing of advanced sensors. Her expertise lies in structuring performance-based, cost-reimbursement, and time-and-materials contracts that align with rapid prototyping and flight test support requirements, ensuring compliance with FAR and DFARS while enabling agile acquisition pathways for high-priority defense innovation. Battaglini maintains a primary working relationship with L1 Enterprises Incorporated, a trusted contractor providing specialized engineering support for complex aeronautical systems integration. Her procurement pattern reflects a preference for established, technically proficient vendors with proven capabilities in aerospace R&D, often engaging firms through competitive sealed bidding and negotiated acquisitions. She fosters collaborative, long-term partnerships grounded in technical transparency and performance accountability, ensuring contractors deliver mission-critical solutions under tight developmental timelines. Her contracting activity is exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on accessing the broadest possible pool of technical expertise rather than socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing mission readiness and system performance over socioeconomic categorization. While small business participation is not formally targeted, she remains compliant with all applicable small business outreach requirements. Battaglini’s portfolio is concentrated entirely within NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), focusing on systems engineering, test and evaluation, and advanced avionics integration. She procures services supporting flight test instrumentation, sensor fusion algorithms, and real-time data analysis platforms essential to validating next-generation air dominance capabilities. Her domain expertise centers on the integration of classified and unclassified test environments, requiring deep familiarity with technical specifications, security protocols, and defense acquisition reform initiatives.