J. Eric Duhon

J. Eric Duhon serves as a key procurement professional within the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s FA8538 unit, responsible for managing complex technical acquisitions that sustain critical aerospace systems for the C-5 and F-15 aircraft fleets. His work directly supports the agency’s mission to extend the operational life of legacy platforms through advanced maintenance, avionics modernization, and hydraulic system restoration. Duhon oversees the full lifecycle of contracts for mission-critical components, including repairable avionics modules, flight control systems, and structural refurbishment services, ensuring compliance with Air Force technical specifications and readiness standards. He plays a central role in executing performance-based, outcome-driven contracts that prioritize reliability, traceability, and sustainment efficiency. Duhon maintains longstanding relationships with leading defense aerospace contractors including Thomas Instrument, Incorporated, L3 Aviation Products Inc., and Lockheed Martin Corporation. These partnerships are characterized by deep technical collaboration, long-term service agreements, and performance-based logistics frameworks. His procurement approach emphasizes vendor accountability through rigorous technical evaluations, inspection protocols, and sustainment metrics, fostering trusted, mission-critical supply chain relationships that ensure continuous aircraft availability. Duhon’s contracting portfolio reflects a uniform preference for full and open competition, with no set-asides utilized across his awarded contracts. This reflects a strategic focus on accessing the highest-capability industrial base to meet stringent aerospace sustainment requirements, rather than socioeconomic preferences. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in his acquisition strategy, all vendors are evaluated on technical merit, past performance, and ability to meet exacting military specifications. His procurement focus centers on aerospace maintenance and repair services, particularly under NAICS categories related to aircraft maintenance, avionics overhaul, and defense electronics repair. He specializes in procuring high-reliability components for legacy platforms, including circuit card assemblies, flight control actuators, and embedded diagnostic systems, requiring deep domain expertise in military aviation sustainment engineering.