Jacquelyn Cooper

Jacquelyn O. Cooper serves as a Contracting Officer at Headquarters, Air Combat Command’s Acquisition Management Integration Center (FA4890), where she plays a pivotal role in advancing the Department of the Air Force’s mission to sustain and modernize air dominance capabilities. She manages the full lifecycle of complex acquisitions for mission-critical training systems, command and control infrastructure, and technical services that directly enhance pilot readiness, surveillance effectiveness, and tactical communications. Her portfolio is centered on integrated acquisition solutions that bridge operational requirements with timely, compliant procurement execution, ensuring combat-ready forces are equipped with cutting-edge capabilities. Cooper maintains consistent working relationships with key contractors including VETPRIDE-EMI MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS, LLC, MILTRAIN JV II LLC, and JBW FEDITC JV LLC, reflecting a preference for established joint ventures and specialized service providers with proven expertise in defense training and technical support. Her contracting patterns emphasize long-term, performance-based partnerships that prioritize mission fidelity, technical innovation, and operational scalability, often involving complex statement of work development and performance incentive structures. Her socioeconomic contracting approach is predominantly non-set-aside, with 75% of awards competed without socioeconomic preferences, while maintaining a balanced commitment to small business participation through 8(a) competed and total small business set-asides, each accounting for 12.5% of her portfolio. This reflects a strategic emphasis on open competition while ensuring meaningful opportunities for qualified small businesses in niche defense service sectors. Her primary NAICS focus areas include 611512 (Flight Training) and 624190 (Other Individual and Family Services), indicating deep specialization in pilot training systems and associated readiness support services. She also routinely procures professional technical services under 541990 and educational support under 611710, demonstrating expertise in acquiring integrated human performance, simulation, and instructional technology solutions critical to Air Combat Command’s force modernization goals.