Erin Young

Erin Young serves as a Contract Specialist within the FA5066 Hq AFMC/PK organization under the Department of the Air Force, where she plays a pivotal role in executing mission-critical acquisitions for advanced aerospace and electronic systems. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle of contracting actions for laboratory-grade instrumentation, communications equipment, and sensor systems essential to maintaining air superiority and weapons system integrity. She specializes in complex procurements involving technical specifications for test and evaluation infrastructure, ensuring compliance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) requirements while aligning acquisitions with the Air Force Materiel Command’s modernization priorities. Erin cultivates strategic partnerships with a diverse pool of vendors, including small businesses certified under multiple socioeconomic programs and established defense contractors with expertise in precision instrumentation and telecommunications hardware. Her contracting approach emphasizes collaboration with technical stakeholders to define performance-based requirements and ensure vendor capabilities align with operational needs. She frequently engages with firms possessing specialized knowledge in military-grade communications and electronic test equipment, fostering transparent, compliant, and results-driven vendor relationships. Erin demonstrates a balanced and deliberate commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with equal portions of her portfolio allocated to 8(a) competed set-asides, HUBZone set-asides, and open competitions. This distribution reflects a strategic intent to broaden access to defense opportunities for small, disadvantaged, and geographically underserved businesses without compromising technical rigor. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize equitable participation, ensuring that small business capabilities are integrated into high-stakes aerospace and electronic systems procurements. Her primary procurement focus is centered on NAICS 334210 (Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing), reflecting deep specialization in the acquisition of secure, ruggedized communications devices and related electronic instrumentation. She procures systems that support airborne sensor networks, data transmission platforms, and test apparatuses critical to aircraft modernization and mission readiness, demonstrating technical fluency in electromagnetic compatibility, signal integrity, and military communication standards.