Corey Schumacher

Corey Schumacher serves as a Supervisory Contracting Officer within the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Propulsion Directorate (FA8650), where he oversees the acquisition of advanced aerospace technologies critical to U.S. air and space dominance. His portfolio centers on high-priority research and development contracts for next-generation propulsion systems, hypersonic flight technologies, and mission-critical materials. He ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurement strategies with the agency’s mission to accelerate innovation in propulsion, adaptive flight control, and high-performance functional materials. Schumacher manages complex, technical solicitations requiring deep engineering expertise and risk-managed contracting approaches, often involving multi-year, high-impact R&D programs. He maintains sustained working relationships with leading defense and aerospace contractors including UES INC, General Electric Company, DCS Corporation, Spirit Aerosystems Inc., and Advanced Thermoplastic Composites LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on established industry leaders with proven capabilities in propulsion systems, aerodynamic modeling, composite material development, and systems integration. Schumacher’s contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical rigor, and long-term collaboration, fostering trusted vendor relationships that support sustained innovation in classified and unclassified aerospace domains. Schumacher’s procurement 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 to meet the Air Force’s urgent and highly specialized R&D needs. While small business participation is not mandated through socioeconomic set-asides, his office actively encourages subcontracting opportunities and collaborative teaming arrangements that enable qualified small firms to contribute to prime contractor deliverables. His primary NAICS focus is on 541712 and 541715, encompassing physical and engineering research and development services excluding biotechnology and nanotechnology. He procures advanced materials, propulsion system prototypes, computational fluid dynamics modeling, and high-temperature structural components, demonstrating deep domain expertise in aerospace propulsion, hypersonics, and advanced manufacturing technologies essential to next-generation air and space platforms.