Gerema A. Randall

Gerema A. Randall serves as a Contracting Officer within the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Propulsion Directorate (FA8650), where she leads the acquisition of advanced aerospace technologies critical to U.S. air and space dominance. Her portfolio centers on research and development contracts for next-generation propulsion systems, hypersonic flight technologies, and high-performance functional materials. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurement strategies with the agency’s mission to accelerate innovation in propulsion engineering and adaptive flight control systems. Randall manages complex, technically demanding solicitations that require deep domain expertise and rigorous risk assessment to support mission-critical defense capabilities. She maintains long-standing relationships with leading aerospace and defense contractors including UES INC, General Electric Company, DCS Corporation, Spirit Aerosystems Inc, and Advanced Thermoplastic Composites LLC. These partnerships are characterized by sustained collaboration on high-priority R&D initiatives, often involving prototype development, materials testing, and systems integration. Randall’s procurement approach emphasizes technical rigor, performance-based contracting, and iterative engagement with industry to meet evolving operational requirements, fostering trust through transparent and consistent contract administration. Randall’s contracting activity reflects a 100% no set-aside profile, indicating a strategic focus on full and open competition to ensure access to the most capable and technologically advanced industry partners. While she does not prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her approach prioritizes technical superiority and mission readiness over socioeconomic preferences, consistent with the high-stakes nature of propulsion and hypersonics research. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 541712—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences—encompassing advanced materials science, propulsion system design, computational fluid dynamics, and high-temperature structural components. She regularly procures services related to experimental testing, wind tunnel validation, additive manufacturing of metallic and ceramic composites, and flight-weight system prototyping, underscoring her deep expertise in engineering R&D acquisition within the aerospace domain.