Pamela King-Hasberry

Pamela King-Hasberry serves as a key procurement lead within the Air Force Research Laboratory’s FA8651 Rwk office, responsible for managing complex research and development contracts that advance foundational aerospace and defense technologies. She plays a critical role in executing the agency’s mission to enable next-generation air, space, and hypersonic dominance by acquiring high-risk, high-reward scientific innovations in physical and engineering sciences. Her portfolio primarily consists of basic and applied R&D contracts, focusing on autonomy systems, guided missile technologies, infrared scene projection, and advanced sensor development. She ensures alignment between technical requirements and acquisition strategy, facilitating rapid transition of laboratory breakthroughs into operational capability. Her primary contractor relationship is with Concurrent Real-Time, Inc., a trusted partner in real-time simulation, embedded systems, and high-fidelity modeling environments critical to test and evaluation infrastructure. She consistently engages this vendor for mission-critical R&D services involving hardware-in-the-loop testing, sensor emulation, and autonomous system validation. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established technical experts with proven capabilities in classified and sensitive aerospace domains, favoring deep domain expertise over broad vendor diversity. King-Hasberry’s procurement activity is exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects the highly specialized, technical nature of the work, where only a narrow pool of vendors possess the requisite clearance levels, infrastructure, and scientific credentials to meet mission needs. While small business participation is not structurally prioritized, this is driven by technical necessity rather than policy preference. Her primary NAICS code focus is 541715—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences—underscoring her specialization in fundamental science and engineering innovation. She procures advanced simulation tools, autonomous control algorithms, hypersonic test assets, and classified experimental platforms, requiring deep technical fluency in systems engineering, physics-based modeling, and defense-specific compliance frameworks.