Michelle Denise

Michelle Denise serves as Program Manager for the FA8823 Sustainment MCPNT SSC/PKL under the Department of the Air Force, where she leads the acquisition and sustainment of critical aerospace and space-based systems essential to national defense. Her role encompasses end-to-end contract management for research, development, and technical support services related to guided missile systems, satellite communications, and global positioning infrastructure. She ensures operational readiness through strategic procurement of advanced engineering solutions, systems integration, and lifecycle sustainment services, aligning acquisitions with Air Force modernization priorities and mission-critical readiness goals. Michelle maintains a broad-based contractor engagement model, partnering with defense contractors and research institutions specializing in aerospace systems, signal processing, and space domain awareness. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she routinely collaborates with firms possessing deep expertise in classified space and missile sustainment programs, emphasizing technical proficiency, security clearances, and proven performance on complex government systems. Her procurement approach prioritizes technical capability over vendor size, fostering long-term relationships with vendors capable of delivering high-integrity, mission-essential solutions under stringent compliance requirements. Michelle’s contracting activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. This reflects a mission-driven focus on technical excellence and rapid capability delivery, where socioeconomic set-asides are not prioritized due to the specialized nature of the systems under sustainment. Her procurement strategy emphasizes capability, readiness, and national security imperatives over socioeconomic preferences, ensuring that mission-critical systems are supported by the most qualified technical providers available. Her primary NAICS focus is 541720—Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities—which, in this context, encompasses advanced systems engineering, operational analysis, and technical research supporting space and missile sustainment. She procures services including systems architecture development, threat modeling, signal analysis, and command-and-control integration, demonstrating deep expertise in defense R&D domains critical to maintaining U.S. superiority in space and missile defense architectures.