Lucia A Corral

Lucia A. Corral serves as a key procurement professional within the FA8823 Sustainment MCPNT SSC/PKL, a critical unit under the Department of the Air Force responsible for sustaining and modernizing aerospace and space-based defense systems. She manages complex acquisitions for guided missile systems, satellite communications infrastructure, and advanced navigation platforms, ensuring operational readiness of national security assets. Her work spans the full lifecycle of contract execution—from requirements definition to award and performance oversight—focusing on high-stakes technical systems that support global deterrence and space domain awareness. Corral’s portfolio is deeply aligned with the agency’s mission to maintain technological superiority in contested environments. Corral engages with a diverse ecosystem of defense contractors specializing in missile manufacturing, propulsion systems, and aerospace engineering services. While no single contractor dominates her award portfolio, she consistently partners with firms possessing specialized technical certifications and proven capabilities in classified and sensitive aerospace domains. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and supply chain resilience, fostering long-term vendor relationships built on reliability and innovation in high-consequence environments. Her procurement strategy reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 81.8% of acquisitions conducted without set-aside restrictions. Nevertheless, she actively supports small business participation, dedicating 18.2% of opportunities to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, enabling qualified firms to compete for technically demanding work. This balance ensures both market competitiveness and broad-based industrial base development without compromising mission-critical performance standards. Corral’s primary technical focus lies in NAICS 541712 (R&D in physical and engineering sciences), 336414 and 336415 (guided missile and propulsion system manufacturing), and 541330 (engineering services), reflecting her deep engagement with advanced propulsion, guidance systems, and space vehicle sustainment. She routinely procures mission-critical hardware, software integration services, and test and evaluation support essential to maintaining the Air Force’s space and missile superiority.