Jonathan Mashburn

Jonathan Mashburn serves as a key procurement professional within the FA8684 Aflcmc Rodk, a critical node of the Department of the Air Force focused on aerospace sustainment and advanced manufacturing. He manages complex acquisitions aligned with the agency’s mission to enable next-generation air dominance through research, precision engineering, and resilient supply chain solutions. His portfolio centers on mission-critical R&D and specialized manufacturing services essential for maintaining operational readiness of high-performance aircraft systems. Mashburn routinely handles competitive solicitations under FAR Part 15, prioritizing technical excellence, innovation, and rapid prototyping cycles to support urgent warfighter needs. His contractor relationships span a diverse ecosystem of defense-tier engineering firms, advanced manufacturing specialists, and niche industrial service providers. He engages with vendors capable of delivering qualified additive manufacturing solutions, non-destructive evaluation services, and aerospace-grade metal coating technologies. Mashburn fosters long-term partnerships with contractors demonstrating proven expertise in airworthiness certification, digital thread integration, and sustainment lifecycle support, ensuring alignment with Air Force modernization imperatives. Mashburn exhibits a strong preference for open competition, with 75% of his acquisitions conducted as unrestricted procurements. However, he actively leverages the Total Small Business Set-Aside authority under FAR 19.5, consistently allocating 25% of opportunities to small businesses capable of meeting stringent technical and quality standards. His contracting patterns reflect a strategic balance between broad market access and targeted socioeconomic inclusion, ensuring robust competition while empowering capable small manufacturers. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541715 for applied R&D in physical and engineering sciences and NAICS 332812 for specialized metal coating and engraving services. He procures advanced materials processing, precision surface treatments, and prototyping systems critical to sustaining next-generation platforms. Mashburn’s technical expertise centers on qualifying novel manufacturing techniques for airworthiness, ensuring compliance with military specifications while accelerating technology insertion into operational fleets.