Megan Rosenbeck

Megan Rosenbeck serves as a Contract Negotiator for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Propulsion Directorate (FA8650), where she plays a pivotal role in securing advanced aerospace technologies critical to U.S. air and space dominance. She specializes in negotiating complex research and development contracts focused on next-generation propulsion systems, hypersonic flight technologies, and high-performance functional materials. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to accelerate innovation in adaptive flight control, combustion dynamics, and advanced material systems by ensuring timely, compliant, and technically sound acquisition pathways. Rosenbeck handles primarily non-commercial, cost-reimbursement and fixed-price incentive contracts under the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, often involving multi-year, high-risk R&D initiatives requiring close technical collaboration with industry partners. Rosenbeck maintains consistent, long-term partnerships with leading aerospace and defense contractors including UES INC, General Electric Company, DCS Corporation, Spirit Aerosystems Inc, and Advanced Thermoplastic Composites LLC. These relationships are built on deep technical alignment, with vendors providing specialized expertise in propulsion system integration, computational fluid dynamics modeling, and advanced composite manufacturing. Her negotiation approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical risk mitigation, and iterative prototyping, fostering collaborative environments that bridge government requirements with industrial innovation capacity. Rosenbeck’s contracting portfolio reflects a strict focus on open competition, with 100% of awards issued under no set-aside provisions. She does not prioritize socioeconomic programs such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB, instead prioritizing technical capability and mission-critical readiness over socioeconomic criteria. This reflects the highly specialized nature of the propulsion R&D domain, where only a limited pool of vendors possesses the necessary engineering depth and classified facility clearances. Her primary procurement activity centers on NAICS 541712—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences. She consistently acquires advanced engineering services, materials characterization, propulsion system prototyping, and hypersonic test validation, requiring deep domain expertise in thermodynamics, aerothermodynamics, and high-temperature materials science.