Emily McGee

Emily F. McGee serves as a Contract Specialist within the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), where she plays a critical role in executing complex acquisitions for advanced missile defense systems. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle of procurement—from requirements validation and solicitation development to contract award and administration—ensuring alignment with national security objectives and Defense Acquisition Regulation (DAR) compliance. She specializes in research and development contracts for next-generation interceptors, sensor architectures, and integrated battle management systems, supporting MDA’s mission to field layered, multi-phase missile defense capabilities. Her work directly enables the agency’s strategic priorities in midcourse and terminal-phase interception technologies. McGee maintains enduring partnerships with leading defense prime contractors, including Lockheed Martin Corporation and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, which provide core engineering and systems integration services for missile defense architectures. She also collaborates regularly with Jacobs Technology Inc., leveraging their technical expertise in systems analysis and test support. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established defense industry partners with proven capability in high-consequence, technically demanding domains, while maintaining rigorous oversight of performance, compliance, and risk mitigation. Her procurement strategy reflects a balanced commitment to socioeconomic goals, with approximately half of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, ensuring robust participation from small businesses in the defense innovation ecosystem. While no other specific set-aside categories dominate, her consistent use of small business set-asides underscores a deliberate effort to cultivate a diverse supplier base capable of supporting MDA’s cutting-edge R&D needs. McGee’s portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 541712—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences—reflecting her deep specialization in advanced defense technology development. She procures services related to radar modernization, kinetic and non-kinetic interceptor systems, command and control software, and simulation-based testing environments, requiring contractors with expertise in aerospace engineering, guidance systems, and electromagnetic sensor integration.