Joanna Metz

Joanna Metz serves as a Project Officer within the FA8823 Sustainment MCPNT SSC/PKL under the Department of the Air Force, where she plays a pivotal role in managing the acquisition lifecycle for critical aerospace and space-based sustainment programs. She is responsible for translating operational requirements into technically sound procurement strategies, ensuring the continued readiness of guided missile systems, satellite communications networks, and global positioning infrastructure. Her acquisitions primarily focus on research and development efforts aimed at modernizing legacy platforms and integrating next-generation capabilities into the Air Force’s space and missile architecture, often coordinating with engineering, logistics, and test teams to align contract deliverables with mission-critical timelines. While specific contractor names are not publicly enumerated, Joanna Metz engages with a broad spectrum of defense aerospace contractors and R&D firms capable of delivering advanced engineering services, systems integration, and technical analysis for classified and unclassified space and missile sustainment programs. Her working relationships are characterized by long-term, performance-based partnerships with firms possessing deep expertise in systems engineering, signal processing, and space domain awareness technologies, often requiring security clearances and specialized technical certifications. Metz’s procurement portfolio reflects a strict preference for unrestricted competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted under non-set-aside mechanisms. This indicates a focus on technical superiority and mission urgency over socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing access to the broadest possible pool of qualified technical vendors capable of meeting stringent performance and security standards. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541712—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences—reflecting a deep specialization in advanced engineering R&D for aerospace systems. She routinely procures services related to systems architecture design, electronic warfare countermeasures, space vehicle sustainment, and command and control software modernization, demonstrating expertise in the technical domains of space systems engineering, missile guidance, and secure communications infrastructure.