Demeiya A. Burke

Demeiya A. Burke serves as a key procurement professional within the W6QK Acc-ri, a Department of the Army organization responsible for sustaining and modernizing the U.S. Army’s industrial base for munitions, precision components, and battlefield support systems. She manages the acquisition of fabricated structural metal products and related manufacturing services critical to ordnance production, weapons system maintenance, and field equipment lifecycle support. Her work ensures the reliability and readiness of the Army’s industrial infrastructure through strategic contracting aligned with national defense priorities. Burke specializes in full-cycle procurement processes for complex metal fabrication and machine tooling requirements, often coordinating with engineering and logistics teams to align contractual deliverables with technical specifications. She maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized manufacturers, including AMD International Technologies LLC, Faxon Machining, LLC, Palantir USG Inc., and Allied Metal Tech, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven capabilities in precision metal fabrication, CNC machining, and defense-compliant production processes. Burke’s contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and supply chain resilience, fostering long-term vendor collaboration to meet mission-critical timelines and quality standards. Burke demonstrates an unwavering commitment to small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to empower small, domestically owned manufacturers with the capacity to deliver high-precision components for defense applications. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize small businesses over large prime contractors, reinforcing the Department of Defense’s socioeconomic goals and strengthening the defense industrial base through inclusive procurement. Her procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 332312—Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing—indicating deep expertise in the production of structural metal components, welded assemblies, and custom-fabricated parts used in munitions systems and battlefield equipment. She procures items requiring strict adherence to military specifications, including heat-treated alloys, precision-cut components, and assemblies subjected to rigorous testing protocols, underscoring her technical fluency in defense manufacturing standards.