Megan Cordes

Megan Cordes serves as a key procurement lead within the FA2398 Command and Control Systems Support unit under the Department of the Air Force, where she manages acquisitions critical to sustaining and modernizing air domain command, control, and communications infrastructure. Her responsibilities center on engineering services and security systems procurement that enable distributed operational capabilities and interoperable data link networks. She oversees the full lifecycle of contract actions—from requirements validation and market research to award and performance oversight—ensuring alignment with Air Force modernization priorities and defense-wide interoperability standards. Her portfolio consistently supports the integration of next-generation C4ISR systems and hardened communication architectures. Cordes maintains a strategic working relationship with L3 Technologies, Inc., a principal contractor delivering advanced electronic warfare, signal processing, and secure communications solutions. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established defense primes with proven track records in complex system integration, particularly those capable of delivering classified and hardened technical capabilities. While she engages with a limited pool of high-capacity vendors, her approach emphasizes performance reliability, technical compliance, and rapid delivery of mission-critical systems over broad competition. Cordes’s procurement activity is exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a mission-critical emphasis on speed, technical maturity, and system interoperability over socioeconomic preferences, indicating a focus on mission readiness over small business quotas. While no 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides are utilized, her acquisitions remain fully compliant with federal procurement regulations and prioritize technical capability above socioeconomic categorization. Her primary NAICS focus areas—541330 (Engineering Services) and 561621 (Security Systems Services)—reveal deep specialization in systems engineering, cybersecurity infrastructure, and secure communications integration. She procures tailored solutions including encrypted data link systems, tactical network hardening, RF spectrum management tools, and embedded security protocols essential to air domain dominance and joint force connectivity.