Matthew Kolsky

Matthew Kolsky serves as a key procurement professional within the FA8609 Aflcmc Wlck KC46 office of the Department of the Air Force, responsible for managing acquisitions critical to the sustainment and modernization of the KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling and strategic transport fleet. He oversees the procurement of specialized aircraft components, maintenance support systems, and integrated logistics services designed to enhance operational readiness, extend service life, and enable rapid battle damage repair. His portfolio focuses on technical acquisitions requiring deep aviation engineering expertise, including avionics, fuel systems, mission-critical avionics integration, and structural repair kits. Kolsky plays a central role in aligning contract strategies with Air Force lifecycle management goals, ensuring that procurement actions directly support fleet-wide modernization and combat readiness objectives. Kolsky collaborates with a broad network of defense aerospace contractors specializing in military aircraft systems, including Tier 1 integrators, niche component manufacturers, and engineering services firms with proven KC-46 platform experience. His contracting patterns reflect a preference for established vendors with validated technical capabilities and supply chain reliability, often leveraging Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) and Other Transaction Authority (OTA) mechanisms to accelerate acquisition timelines. He maintains a results-driven, performance-based contracting approach, emphasizing technical compliance, quality assurance, and delivery schedule adherence. Kolsky’s procurement activity is exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of contracts awarded under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on accessing the broadest possible industrial base with the highest technical maturity, prioritizing capability over socioeconomic categorization. While small business participation is not formally incentivized through set-asides, vendors of all sizes are evaluated solely on technical merit, past performance, and delivery capability. His primary focus lies in NAICS 336413 — Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing — encompassing the procurement of mission-specific avionics, refueling boom components, structural repair assemblies, and auxiliary power units. Kolsky’s expertise centers on complex aerospace subsystems requiring stringent military specifications (MIL-SPEC) compliance and certification under DO-160 and AS9100 standards, demonstrating deep domain knowledge in military aviation logistics and aircraft sustainment engineering.