Henry Shen

Henry Shen serves as a Contracting Officer within the FA8823 Sustainment MCPNT SSC/PKL under the Department of the Air Force, where he is responsible for managing the acquisition and sustainment of critical aerospace and space-based systems essential to national defense. His portfolio centers on the procurement of satellite telecommunications infrastructure, including ground control segments, secure command and control systems, and associated navigation and communication payloads. He ensures contractual compliance with DoD acquisition regulations while aligning procurements with the agency’s strategic priorities of maintaining operational readiness for global positioning systems and space-based asset sustainment. His work directly supports the lifecycle management of mission-critical space systems through full-spectrum contracting actions, including indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) and cost-reimbursement contracts. Henry works with a select group of prime contractors specializing in satellite communications, space systems integration, and defense-grade telecommunications hardware and software. These partners include established aerospace and defense primes with proven expertise in space domain awareness, signal processing, and secure RF architectures. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, risk mitigation, and technical validation through rigorous source selection processes, fostering long-term vendor partnerships grounded in reliability and mission alignment. Henry’s procurement patterns reflect a strict focus on full and open competition, with 100% of his acquisitions conducted without set-asides for 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. This reflects the highly technical, specialized nature of the systems he procures, where mission-critical performance requirements often necessitate access to a narrow pool of qualified industry providers with classified clearance and space systems engineering capabilities. His primary NAICS focus is 517410—Satellite Telecommunications—indicating deep specialization in the acquisition of satellite transponders, ground station equipment, secure uplink/downlink systems, and associated cybersecurity infrastructure. He routinely engages with vendors possessing expertise in military satellite communications (MILSATCOM), anti-jam technologies, and space-based navigation resilience, ensuring the Air Force’s space architecture remains operationally dominant and technologically current.