Michele Armstrong

Michele Armstrong serves as a Program Management Specialist responsible for overseeing the acquisition lifecycle of specialized aerospace components, ensuring alignment with mission-critical operational requirements. In this role, she coordinates cross-functional teams to define technical specifications, evaluate vendor proposals, and manage contract performance for complex aviation systems. Her work is central to the agency’s mission of sustaining and modernizing airborne capabilities, with a focus on procurement excellence, compliance, and risk mitigation across the contract award and execution phases. She typically handles sole-source and competitive acquisitions for high-integrity components requiring stringent quality assurance and regulatory adherence. While specific contractor relationships are not publicly enumerated, Michele routinely engages with manufacturers and suppliers specializing in advanced aircraft subsystems, including avionics, flight control actuators, and auxiliary power units. Her procurement approach emphasizes technical competency, supply chain resilience, and long-term sustainment planning, fostering partnerships with vendors capable of meeting military-grade performance standards and engineering documentation requirements. She maintains a results-driven relationship model grounded in performance metrics, milestone tracking, and continuous improvement practices. Michele’s contracting portfolio reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted without set-aside designations. This indicates a strategic focus on technical merit and capability over socioeconomic categorization, prioritizing mission readiness and industrial base capacity. While she does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, her processes remain fully compliant with federal acquisition regulations and encourage broad market participation among qualified industrial providers. Her primary procurement focus is centered on NAICS 336413—Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing—reflecting deep expertise in sourcing precision-engineered components for fixed-wing and rotary-wing platforms. She specializes in procuring non-airframe subsystems such as hydraulic actuators, electrical distribution units, and environmental control system components, requiring advanced materials, rigorous certification, and defense supply chain traceability. Her domain knowledge encompasses MIL-STD and DO-160 compliance, making her a key liaison between engineering requirements and industrial production capabilities.