Mary Stringer

Mary Stringer serves as a key procurement professional at NASA Langley Research Center, supporting the agency’s mission to advance aeronautics and space exploration through strategic acquisitions of cutting-edge research and development services. She manages complex contracts aligned with hypersonics, advanced materials, spacecraft instrumentation, and remote sensing technologies, ensuring that scientific and engineering requirements are met through compliant, high-integrity contracting practices. Her work directly enables the development of next-generation aerospace systems, from atmospheric flight platforms to planetary surface exploration hardware, positioning her at the intersection of technical innovation and federal acquisition policy. Stringer maintains consistent relationships with a select group of high-caliber contractors, including Jackson Bond Enterprises, LLC for specialized engineering support, the University of Utah for advanced materials and sensor research, and Roche Diagnostics Corporation for instrumentation and life sciences applications. These partnerships reflect a preference for established research institutions and technical service providers with proven capabilities in NASA’s specialized domains. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term collaboration, technical rigor, and performance-based outcomes over transactional procurement. Stringer’s procurement portfolio reflects a strong emphasis on open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under no set-aside preferences. This indicates a focus on selecting the most technically qualified offerors regardless of socioeconomic status, prioritizing mission-critical capability over socioeconomic programming. While small business participation is not formally targeted in her portfolio, the nature of her acquisitions often involves subcontracting opportunities that may benefit smaller firms through prime contractor engagement. Her primary technical focus lies in R&D services for aerospace systems, including hypersonic vehicle design, composite material testing, and spaceborne sensor development. She procures specialized engineering analysis, prototype fabrication, and mission-critical instrumentation, aligning acquisitions with Langley’s core competencies in physical sciences and systems integration. Her expertise ensures that NASA’s most demanding technical challenges are met with solutions from industry leaders possessing deep domain knowledge and proven flight heritage.