Lesa White

Lesa A. White serves as a key procurement lead within the FA8672 Aflcmc Ebdm, a critical unit under the Department of the Air Force responsible for advancing precision-guided munitions and next-generation ordnance systems. She manages the acquisition lifecycle for high-priority weapon system components, including Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) variants and associated guidance, fusing, and propulsion technologies. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to sustain air dominance through modernized, reliable ordnance capabilities, overseeing contracts for manufacturing, engineering services, and technical integration. White’s portfolio emphasizes technical rigor and lifecycle sustainment, ensuring that fielded systems remain operationally viable amid evolving threats and obsolescence challenges. Her contractor relationships are primarily with defense industrial base firms specializing in ordnance manufacturing and defense engineering services. She collaborates with established prime contractors and Tier 1 suppliers capable of meeting stringent MIL-STD and DoD certification requirements for munitions production and system integration. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, her procurement patterns reflect a preference for vendors with proven track records in high-reliability ordnance systems and rapid prototyping capabilities. White’s contracting activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of acquisitions awarded under full and open competition. This reflects the technical complexity, security requirements, and production scale needed for critical munitions systems, where only a limited number of qualified industrial partners possess the necessary certifications and facilities. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 332993 (Ammunition Manufacturing) and 332994 (Small Arms and Ordnance Manufacturing), with a secondary emphasis on 541330 (Engineering Services). She procures precision-guided warheads, fuzing systems, flight control modules, and associated test and evaluation services, demonstrating deep expertise in explosives engineering, terminal guidance integration, and munitions logistics. Her work ensures the Air Force maintains technical superiority in standoff strike capabilities.