Kimberly A Johnson

Kimberly A. Calvert-Johnson serves as a Contract Specialist within the FA8823 Sustainment MCPNT SSC/PKL under the Department of the Air Force, where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex acquisitions to sustain and modernize critical aerospace and space-based defense systems. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of contracts for research, development, and engineering services essential to maintaining operational readiness of guided missile systems, satellite communications networks, and global positioning infrastructure. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurement actions with strategic modernization goals for space and air domain superiority. Her contractor relationships are primarily with defense technology firms and engineering service providers specializing in advanced aerospace systems, though no single vendor dominates her portfolio. She cultivates partnerships with firms possessing deep technical expertise in systems engineering, signal processing, and space vehicle sustainment, fostering collaborative relationships grounded in performance-based contracting and risk-sharing mechanisms. Her approach emphasizes technical competency, past performance, and innovation capacity over volume-based vendor selection. Kimberly consistently prioritizes full and open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted without set-asides, reflecting a mission-driven focus on accessing the broadest possible pool of qualified technical talent. While she does not routinely utilize socioeconomic programs such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB, her contracting strategy is calibrated to ensure competitive fairness and technical excellence, aligning with the high-stakes nature of national security systems procurement. Her primary procurement focus is centered on NAICS 541712—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences—where she secures specialized engineering services for radar modernization, satellite payload integration, and command and control system upgrades. Her domain expertise lies in securing cutting-edge R&D capabilities that directly support the sustainment of space-based assets and precision navigation systems critical to U.S. air and space dominance.