Kimberlene Butler

Kimberlene Butler serves as a Buyer within the FA8823 Sustainment MCPNT SSC/PKL under the Department of the Air Force, where she plays a pivotal role in securing critical aerospace and space-based systems essential to national defense. Her procurement responsibilities center on sustaining and modernizing guided missile systems, space vehicle platforms, and associated command, control, and communications infrastructure. She manages the full lifecycle of acquisitions for highly technical, mission-critical hardware and software solutions, ensuring operational readiness of global positioning systems, satellite communications networks, and advanced navigation payloads. Her work directly supports the Air Force’s strategic imperative to maintain superiority in space and missile defense domains through timely, compliant, and technically rigorous contracting. Butler’s contractor relationships are primarily with prime contractors possessing deep expertise in guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing, including firms with proven track records in defense aerospace systems integration. She engages with a focused pool of qualified vendors capable of meeting stringent DoD specifications for reliability, security, and performance under extreme environmental conditions. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for established industry partners with relevant ITAR and DD2345 compliance, fostering long-term partnerships grounded in technical proficiency and supply chain resilience. Butler’s contracting activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. This reflects the specialized nature of the systems she procures, which require advanced engineering capabilities typically found only among large, cleared defense contractors with extensive national security experience. While small business participation is not currently leveraged through socioeconomic set-asides, her process remains fully transparent and aligned with FAR and DFARS requirements for fair competition. Her primary NAICS focus is 336414—Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing—underscoring her deep specialization in procuring high-reliability propulsion systems, guidance electronics, re-entry vehicles, and satellite bus architectures. She routinely handles complex procurements involving classified components, ruggedized avionics, and space-qualified materials, demonstrating technical fluency in aerospace engineering standards and defense acquisition protocols.