Coretta Yeadon

Coretta Yeadon serves as the primary contracting lead for the FA8505 AFLCMC WAQKB, a critical unit within the Department of the Air Force responsible for sustaining and modernizing the F-15 fleet’s mission-critical avionics and aerospace systems. In this role, she oversees the acquisition of advanced aeronautical navigation, guidance, and embedded systems essential to aircraft operational readiness, including debrief and information download technologies. Her procurement portfolio centers on engineering analysis, systems integration, and secure data infrastructure, ensuring that next-generation avionics meet rigorous performance and cybersecurity standards. She plays a pivotal role in aligning acquisition strategies with the Air Force’s modernization roadmap for legacy fighter platforms. While specific contractor relationships are not currently enumerated in available data, Yeadon’s procurement activity consistently engages industry leaders in aerospace systems manufacturing, particularly those with expertise in ruggedized avionics, real-time data processing, and mission-critical software development. Her working relationships are characterized by long-term partnerships with vendors possessing deep domain knowledge in airborne electronic warfare systems and integrated cockpit architectures, fostering innovation through technical collaboration and performance-based contracting. Yeadon’s contracting approach reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions issued under non-set-aside mechanisms. This indicates a focus on technical capability and mission urgency over socioeconomic categorizations, prioritizing the most qualified vendors regardless of size or certification status. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her portfolio, she maintains compliance with all federal acquisition regulations and may still consider small businesses when they demonstrate superior technical merit. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 334511—Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing—reflecting deep expertise in airborne sensor systems, flight control interfaces, and secure data link technologies. She procures high-integrity hardware and software solutions that enhance situational awareness, mission debrief fidelity, and aircraft system interoperability for the F-15 fleet.