Elizabeth Wilfong

Elizabeth Wilfong serves as a Contract Specialist within the Missile Defense Agency, where she plays a critical role in executing complex acquisition strategies to support the development and fielding of integrated missile defense systems. She manages the full lifecycle of procurement actions for research and development contracts, ensuring compliance with DoD acquisition regulations and aligning contractual instruments with the agency’s mission to counter ballistic and hypersonic threats. Her work primarily involves securing technical services and engineering solutions for sensor architecture, interceptor systems, and command-and-control platforms, often under time-sensitive, high-stakes operational timelines. Wilfong collaborates with a broad spectrum of defense contractors and research institutions specializing in advanced aerospace engineering, systems integration, and defensive technology innovation. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with prime contractors possessing deep expertise in missile defense technologies, including those with proven track records in rapid prototyping, live-fire testing, and systems engineering. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical rigor, and contractual flexibility to accommodate evolving threat landscapes. Her contracting activity reflects a strong preference for open, unrestricted competition, with 100% of her acquisitions classified as “No Set-Aside.” This indicates a focus on technical capability over socioeconomic preferences, prioritizing mission-critical performance and innovation over set-aside programs such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in her portfolio, she maintains compliance with all applicable small business outreach requirements. Wilfong’s procurement focus is exclusively centered on NAICS 541715—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences. She specializes in procuring advanced engineering services for kinetic and non-kinetic defense technologies, including radar signal processing, guidance system design, and integrated battle management architectures. Her domain expertise lies in supporting cutting-edge R&D efforts critical to the nation’s layered missile defense posture.