Kimberly McGough

Kimberly McGough serves as a key procurement lead within the Missile Defense Agency, supporting the acquisition of critical systems that advance national missile defense capabilities. She manages complex contracts for technical services essential to the development, testing, and fielding of integrated ballistic missile defense architectures. Her portfolio centers on computer facilities management services, ensuring the operational integrity of mission-critical computing environments that support simulation, data analytics, and real-time sensor integration. McGough plays a pivotal role in translating MDA’s strategic modernization goals into executable contracting actions, aligning acquisition timelines with rapid technology insertion cycles and systems engineering milestones. Her primary contractor relationships are with industry leaders in defense systems integration, including Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, firms with deep expertise in missile defense hardware, software, and test infrastructure. She also collaborates with Jacobs Technology Inc., leveraging their specialized engineering and operations support capabilities. These partnerships are characterized by long-term, performance-based engagements focused on sustaining and upgrading mission-critical computing systems, often involving secure cloud environments, high-performance computing clusters, and cyber-resilient network architectures. McGough’s contracting activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects the technical complexity and national security sensitivity of the systems being procured, where specialized capabilities are concentrated among a limited pool of qualified prime contractors. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her portfolio, the structure of her acquisitions still enables subcontracting opportunities through prime contractor teaming arrangements. Her primary NAICS focus is 541513—Computer Facilities Management Services—indicating a specialized procurement domain centered on managing secure, high-availability computing infrastructure. She procures services including data center operations, systems administration, cybersecurity compliance, and mission-specific software maintenance, all essential to sustaining the MDA’s layered defense architecture and real-time decision-making systems.