Eric Lagasse

Eric Lagasse serves as a key procurement lead within the FA8770 Aflcmc Gbk, a critical unit under the Department of the Air Force responsible for sustaining and modernizing mission-critical command, control, and decision-support systems. He manages acquisitions for secure, scalable software solutions that enable real-time situational awareness, logistics coordination, and operational planning for air operations. His portfolio primarily focuses on custom software development, embedded systems integration, and industrial control instrumentation, ensuring legacy platforms are modernized to meet evolving warfighter demands. Lagasse’s work directly supports the agency’s strategic imperative to enhance data-driven decision-making through resilient, cyber-secure architectures. His contracting patterns reflect strong collaboration with specialized technology vendors, particularly those delivering custom computer programming services and industrial measurement systems. He routinely engages with firms capable of integrating legacy systems with modern cloud-enabled platforms, developing real-time data analytics tools, and manufacturing precision instruments for operational monitoring. While no single contractor dominates his portfolio, his procurement approach favors technical agility and mission-specific capability over large-scale prime contractors, fostering partnerships with mid-tier and niche innovators capable of rapid prototyping and field-deployable solutions. Lagasse demonstrates a clear preference for open competition, with over 73% of acquisitions conducted without set-asides. However, he consistently incorporates small business participation, allocating nearly 27% of opportunities to small business set-asides, including 8(a) competed contracts. This reflects a deliberate strategy to leverage innovative capabilities from socioeconomically disadvantaged firms while maintaining competition and technical rigor. His primary NAICS focus areas include Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), alongside specialized manufacturing categories such as analytical laboratory instruments and industrial process control systems. These reflect a technical domain expertise in software-defined operations, embedded instrumentation, and mission-critical data acquisition—areas essential to modern air operations and command system modernization.