Jonathan Riggins

Jonathan Riggins serves as a key procurement lead within the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s FA8517 unit, responsible for acquiring mission-critical aerospace components and precision instrumentation systems essential to Air Force platform readiness. His role centers on managing complex contracts for avionics, flight control subsystems, and ejection seat components, ensuring technical compliance with stringent military specifications. He orchestrates the end-to-end acquisition lifecycle—from requirements validation to contract award and performance oversight—focusing on high-reliability, safety-critical systems that directly support operational aerospace missions. His acquisitions are strategically aligned with the Air Force’s modernization imperatives and sustainment priorities for legacy and next-generation aircraft platforms. Riggins maintains a sustained working relationship with BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC., a primary contractor for integrated avionics, electrical instrumentation, and aircraft subsystems. His contracting approach emphasizes long-term partnership with Tier 1 defense prime contractors capable of delivering high-assurance, FAA- and MIL-STD-compliant components under tight technical and schedule constraints. These relationships are built on proven technical capability, quality assurance rigor, and supply chain resilience, with a focus on performance-based contracting and technical data rights management. Riggins’ procurement portfolio reflects a 100% non-set-aside orientation, indicating a strategic emphasis on technical capability and mission-critical performance over socioeconomic classifications. While small business participation is not formally prioritized through set-asides, he ensures competitive bidding and evaluates vendor capacity to meet exacting aerospace standards, maintaining an open and transparent acquisition environment aligned with Air Force acquisition policy. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 334515 for electrical measuring and testing instrumentation and NAICS 336413 for aircraft auxiliary equipment manufacturing. He routinely procures precision sensors, flight control actuators, ejection seat pyrotechnic systems, and mission-critical electrical interfaces, demonstrating deep expertise in aerospace electronics, systems integration, and defense-grade component manufacturing. His technical domain expertise spans avionics architecture, survivability systems, and military-certified instrumentation.