Penny L. Daniels

Penny L. Daniels serves as a Contract Specialist within the Air Force Test Center’s PZZC at Eglin, where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex acquisitions for advanced aerospace technologies. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of procurement actions—from market research and solicitation development to contract award and administration—ensuring alignment with Air Force modernization priorities. She specializes in high-tempo, mission-critical contracts supporting flight test operations, hardware-in-the-loop validation, and next-generation avionics integration, often working under urgent operational timelines to accelerate capability fielding for hypersonic systems and fifth-generation datalinks. Daniels maintains a consistent working relationship with L1 Enterprises Incorporated, a primary contractor providing specialized support services for air transportation testing and evaluation. Her procurement patterns reflect a reliance on established, technically capable vendors with proven experience in aerospace test range operations, sensor integration, and mission-critical logistics. She collaborates closely with these partners to ensure compliance with stringent technical specifications and DoD acquisition regulations, fostering a performance-based contracting environment focused on deliverables and system readiness. Her contracting portfolio reflects a 100% no set-aside preference, indicating a strategic focus on open competition to source the most capable and technically advanced solutions available in the marketplace. While she does not prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her approach ensures that all awards are driven by technical merit, past performance, and mission alignment. Her primary NAICS classification is 488190 (Other Support Activities for Air Transportation), reflecting her deep specialization in procuring flight test support, range instrumentation, telemetry systems, and ground-based evaluation infrastructure. She routinely acquires services related to aircraft integration, sensor calibration, and real-time data acquisition systems critical to validating next-generation air dominance technologies.