Desirae Armstrong

Desirae Armstrong serves as a key procurement professional within the FA8232 Aflcmc Wwmk, a unit of the Department of the Air Force responsible for sustaining and modernizing critical F-16 airborne systems and embedded avionics infrastructure. She manages acquisition programs focused on the integration, upgrade, and lifecycle support of advanced aeronautical navigation, guidance, display, and communication systems. Her work directly supports combat readiness by ensuring the operational integrity of mission-critical aircraft systems through timely and technically rigorous contracting actions. Armstrong handles a diverse portfolio of contracts spanning engineering services and specialized manufacturing, ensuring alignment with Air Force modernization priorities and technical specifications for embedded avionics. She maintains strong, ongoing relationships with industry leaders including Vertex Modernization and Sustainment LLC, Shift5, Inc., and Southwest Research Institute, partnering with firms that bring deep expertise in avionics modernization, software-defined systems, and embedded firmware development. Her contracting approach emphasizes collaboration with contractors capable of delivering rapid prototyping, field-deployable upgrades, and systems integration services tailored to legacy platforms. These partnerships reflect a preference for technical agility and proven capability in sustaining complex aerospace platforms under tight operational timelines. Armstrong’s procurement portfolio shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on technical merit and capability over socioeconomic criteria, prioritizing mission-critical performance and system interoperability above traditional small business preferences. While small business participation is not formally incentivized, her contracting decisions remain fully compliant with federal acquisition regulations and are driven by technical suitability. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 334511 for aeronautical system manufacturing and NAICS 541330 for engineering services, with equal weighting between hardware development and technical consultancy. She routinely acquires advanced avionics modules, digital display upgrades, secure communication integrations, and mission computer enhancements, demonstrating deep expertise in the technical domains of embedded systems, airborne electronics, and aircraft sustainment engineering.