David S. Eccleston

David S. Eccleston serves as a key procurement professional at NASA Glenn Research Center, where he manages acquisitions critical to advancing aeronautics and space propulsion technologies. His responsibilities include overseeing the solicitation, award, and administration of contracts for specialized engineering services, experimental instrumentation, and mission-critical infrastructure supporting fission surface power, advanced thermal systems, and aerospace materials development. Eccleston plays a central role in translating the Center’s technical mission into executable contracting actions, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations while enabling innovation in extreme-environment aerospace systems. He maintains strategic relationships with a focused set of contractors, including Troy Sierra JV LLC, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, and Electronic Fluorocarbons, LLC, each of which provides niche capabilities in systems integration, specialized materials, and high-performance fluid handling. His contracting patterns reflect a preference for established small business partners with proven expertise in aerospace-grade engineering, suggesting a reliance on agile, technically proficient vendors capable of delivering custom solutions under stringent NASA performance standards. Eccleston demonstrates a strong commitment to socioeconomic diversity in contracting, with 60% of his acquisitions set aside for small businesses overall, including 20% reserved for women-owned small businesses and 10% specifically allocated to SBA-certified Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses. His consistent use of set-asides underscores a deliberate strategy to foster innovation through underrepresented business communities while maintaining mission readiness. His procurement focus centers on NAICS codes 238990 (specialty trade contracting) and 611710 (educational support services), reflecting a blend of construction-related infrastructure support and workforce development initiatives. Additional emphasis on 334515 (instrument manufacturing) and 423830 (industrial machinery wholesale) reveals a technical portfolio centered on precision measurement systems, thermal-fluid control hardware, and mission-enabling test equipment essential to propulsion research and ground validation.