Rachel Demone

Rachel Demone serves as a key procurement lead within the Department of the Air Force, supporting the acquisition of critical aerospace and propulsion systems essential to maintaining air superiority and space dominance. She manages complex contracts aligned with the Air Force’s modernization priorities, focusing on advanced air and gas compressor technologies that enable next-generation aircraft performance, life support systems, and environmental control units. Her work directly supports the integration of high-reliability mechanical systems into combat platforms, ensuring operational readiness across manned and unmanned aerospace platforms. Demone operates within the broader DoD acquisition framework, applying FAR and DFARS compliance to deliver mission-critical capabilities on schedule. She maintains consistent, high-volume contracting relationships with industry leaders including The Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin Corporation, partnering with these prime contractors to deliver integrated aerospace subsystems. Her procurement approach emphasizes collaboration with major defense primes to scale production of mission-essential components while ensuring technical alignment with Air Force specifications for durability, thermal efficiency, and system interoperability. These relationships are characterized by long-term contract execution cycles and performance-based acquisition strategies. Demone exhibits a strong and exclusive commitment to small business participation, directing 100% of her set-aside awards to small business concerns under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster innovation and capacity building within the defense industrial base, enabling small firms to contribute specialized engineering and manufacturing capabilities to complex aerospace systems. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize socioeconomic programs that enhance competition and resilience in the supply chain. Her primary technical focus is on NAICS 333912, Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing, where she procures precision-engineered compressors, pneumatic control units, and auxiliary power system components critical to aircraft environmental control, cockpit pressurization, and avionics cooling. Her expertise lies in the procurement of high-pressure, low-vibration, and mission-critical mechanical systems that support both legacy and next-generation platforms, demonstrating deep domain knowledge in aerospace propulsion and thermal management technologies.