Donna Casey

Donna Casey serves as a key procurement professional within the FA8509 Aflcmc Wiuka, a critical unit of the Department of the Air Force responsible for sustaining and modernizing mission-critical aircraft systems. She manages complex acquisitions focused on advanced avionics integration, mission-specific hardware upgrades, and precision navigation systems essential to combat, transport, and polar operation platforms. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to enhance aircraft survivability, readiness, and operational capability through engineering-driven modernization. Casey routinely handles sole-source and competitive procurements under FAR Part 15, with a strong emphasis on technical compliance, systems integration, and lifecycle sustainment contracts for high-reliability aerospace systems. Her contractor relationships center on Tier 1 aerospace primes and specialized systems integrators with deep expertise in avionics architecture, radar/IRST sensor suites, and flight control computer modernization. While no single vendor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages firms with AS9100 certification and DoD 5000.83 compliance, fostering long-term partnerships with suppliers capable of rapid prototyping, obsolescence management, and ruggedized hardware qualification. Her procurement approach prioritizes technical maturity, supply chain resilience, and industrial base continuity over cost alone. Donna’s contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 83.3% of awards issued without set-asides. However, she actively supports small business participation, allocating 16.7% of opportunities to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, consistently prioritizing firms with relevant technical certifications and proven capability in aerospace systems manufacturing. Her approach balances broad competition with deliberate inclusion of qualified small businesses capable of delivering mission-critical components. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 334511 for aeronautical navigation and guidance systems and NAICS 336411 for aircraft manufacturing. She procures mission computers, digital map generators, electronic warfare interfaces, and integrated cockpit systems, demonstrating deep technical fluency in MIL-STD-1553B, ARINC 429, and DO-178C compliance domains. Her expertise ensures procurement decisions align with Air Force aviation modernization roadmaps and sustainment timelines.