Nicole Rodenbaugh

Nicole Rodenbaugh serves as a key acquisition professional within the Headquarters of Air Combat Command’s Acquisition Management Integration Center (FA4890), supporting the Department of the Air Force’s mission to sustain and modernize air dominance capabilities. She manages complex procurement actions for advanced training systems, command and control infrastructure, and mission-critical technical services that directly enhance pilot readiness, tactical communications, and surveillance effectiveness. Her work spans the full acquisition lifecycle—from requirements validation and market research to contract award and performance oversight—ensuring alignment with Air Combat Command’s operational priorities and DoD acquisition regulations. Rodenbaugh maintains established working relationships with a core group of specialized contractors, including VETPRIDE-EMI MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS, LLC, MILTRAIN JV II LLC, and JBW FEDITC JV LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on joint venture entities and niche providers delivering integrated training solutions, maintenance support, and defense-grade IT services. Her contracting patterns emphasize long-term, performance-based agreements with vendors demonstrating proven technical expertise in military aviation systems and simulation environments. Her procurement activity shows a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued without set-aside designations such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. This indicates a strategic focus on technical capability and mission readiness over socioeconomic preferences, prioritizing proven performance and system interoperability in high-stakes operational domains. The technical domain of her acquisitions centers on defense training systems, airborne command and control platforms, and mission support services, aligning with NAICS categories typically associated with defense simulation, avionics integration, and military logistics support. Her expertise lies in procuring highly specialized, mission-critical technologies that enable air combat readiness, emphasizing systems that integrate seamlessly with existing Air Force infrastructure and operational doctrine.