Edgar Alonso-Bernal

Edgar Alonso-Bernal serves as a key procurement lead within the FA3002 338 Ess Cc, a critical unit under the Department of the Air Force responsible for sustaining and modernizing military aviation training systems. He manages the acquisition of high-fidelity flight training solutions, technical instruction programs, and mission-critical workforce development services for enlisted personnel, officers, and international partners. His portfolio centers on ensuring operational readiness through advanced simulation, curriculum design, and instructor support systems, aligning acquisitions with the Air Force’s strategic imperatives to maintain air superiority and enhance pilot proficiency across evolving threat environments. His primary contractor relationship is with CLEARWATERS INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS LLC, a trusted vendor delivering integrated flight training systems and adaptive learning technologies. Alonso-Bernal consistently engages this partner for complex, performance-based contracts requiring rigorous technical validation and system interoperability. His contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, performance metrics, and lifecycle support, fostering a partnership model focused on innovation and sustained capability delivery rather than transactional procurement. Alonso-Bernal’s procurement strategy reflects a firm commitment to open competition, with 100% of his acquisitions conducted under non-set-aside authorities. There is no reliance on 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic programs, indicating a preference for market-wide competition based on technical merit, past performance, and mission alignment. This approach prioritizes capability over socioeconomic classification, ensuring the most capable providers compete for mission-critical training contracts. His procurement focus is overwhelmingly concentrated in NAICS 611512 (Flight Training), accounting for 75% of his activity, with additional emphasis on NAICS 611519 (Other Technical and Trade Schools) for specialized crew and technical instruction. He procures advanced flight simulators, synthetic training environments, instructor-led curriculum packages, and digital learning platforms, demonstrating deep expertise in aviation training systems, human performance modeling, and mission rehearsal technologies.