Iris Armstrong

Iris Armstrong serves as a key procurement lead within the FA8532 Aflcmc Wnkaa, a critical unit of the Department of the Air Force responsible for sustaining and modernizing aerospace ground equipment, aircraft subsystems, and mission-critical electrical and instrumentation systems. She manages the acquisition lifecycle for specialized components essential to aircraft maintenance, testing, and logistics readiness, ensuring alignment with Air Force operational requirements. Her portfolio centers on high-integrity, engineering-driven procurements that support the fielding and sustainment of next-generation aviation platforms, requiring deep technical oversight and compliance with military specification standards. Her contractor relationships are primarily with manufacturers and systems integrators specializing in aerospace ground support equipment and auxiliary aircraft components. While no single vendor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers possessing AS9100 certification and experience in defense-grade manufacturing. Her working pattern emphasizes technical qualification, supply chain resilience, and rigorous conformance to military standards such as MIL-STD and SAE AS standards, favoring vendors with proven capability in rapid prototyping, reverse engineering, and legacy system modernization. Iris Armstrong’s procurement strategy reflects a 100% non-set-aside approach, indicating a focus on technical capability and mission necessity over socioeconomic preferences. While she does not prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her acquisitions remain open to all qualified vendors, with selection driven by technical merit, production capacity, and compliance with defense quality systems. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 336413 — Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing — encompassing specialized electrical harnesses, avionics test interfaces, ground power units, and instrumentation systems. She possesses deep expertise in procuring custom-engineered components that interface with legacy and next-generation Air Force aircraft, requiring precision manufacturing, rigorous environmental testing, and full traceability under defense supply chain protocols.