Lt Col Stacy M. Baber

Lt. Col. Stacy M. Baber serves as a key contracting professional within the FA8621 AFLCMC WNSK SIMS unit of the Department of the Air Force, responsible for managing the acquisition and sustainment of advanced aircrew training systems and mission-critical avionics infrastructure. She oversees the procurement of complex, high-performance aircraft components and synthetic training environments essential to maintaining pilot and maintenance crew readiness across the U.S. Air Force fleet. Her portfolio centers on integrated systems that combine simulation technology, embedded logistics support, and next-generation avionics, ensuring operational capability through modernized training platforms and sustainment solutions. Baber maintains a consistent and strategic working relationship with Lockheed Martin Corporation, the primary contractor for advanced aircraft systems and training device integration. Her procurement approach emphasizes long-term partnerships with prime contractors possessing deep technical expertise in aerospace systems engineering, flight simulation, and avionics modernization. She collaborates closely with industry leaders to deliver mission-essential capabilities under performance-based contracts, often involving technical specifications aligned with military standards for reliability, interoperability, and cybersecurity. Baber’s contracting activity reflects a strict focus on open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions issued under non-set-aside procedures. There is no reliance on 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic programs in her current portfolio, indicating a procurement strategy prioritizing technical capability and mission urgency over socioeconomic preferences. This reflects the specialized nature of the systems she acquires, which require advanced aerospace engineering expertise typically found only among large, established defense contractors. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 336413—Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing—encompassing flight simulators, mission rehearsal systems, avionics hardware, and training device integration modules. She specializes in procuring high-fidelity, real-time training systems that replicate combat environments and support pilot proficiency across fifth-generation aircraft platforms, demonstrating deep domain expertise in defense aviation training infrastructure.