Jessica Masters

Jessica Masters serves as a key procurement lead within the FA2518 USSF SPOC/SAIO, a specialized unit under the Department of the Air Force focused on advancing space domain capabilities. She manages the acquisition of mission-critical engineering services essential to sustaining and modernizing space-based surveillance, satellite communications, and electromagnetic warfare systems. Her work directly supports the agency’s strategic imperative to ensure operational superiority in contested space environments, with a consistent focus on technical solutions that enhance space domain awareness and resilient satellite architectures. She oversees full lifecycle contracting for complex, high-priority engineering tasks requiring specialized technical expertise and rigorous compliance with national security standards. Masters maintains strong, enduring relationships with a select group of prime contractors including Keystone Mission Solutions Corp, Riverside Research Institute, and Bowhead Information Technology Service LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven experience in space systems engineering, signal processing, and secure communications infrastructure. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term collaboration with firms capable of delivering rapid prototyping, systems integration, and classified R&D support under tight operational timelines and stringent security protocols. All of her acquisitions are structured as 100% small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, underscoring a firm commitment to expanding opportunities for small businesses with specialized technical capabilities in the national security space sector. She actively prioritizes small business participation across all socioeconomic categories, ensuring that emerging innovators and niche engineering firms can contribute to high-stakes space missions. Her procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 541330 — Engineering Services — with deep specialization in space systems engineering, satellite payload development, ground station modernization, and electromagnetic spectrum management. She consistently seeks vendors capable of delivering advanced technical solutions in secure communications, space situational awareness, and resilient space architectures tailored to the evolving threats in the space domain.