Regina Alflen

Regina Alflen serves as a key procurement lead within the FA2518 USSF SPOC/SAIO, supporting the Department of the Air Force’s mission to sustain and modernize space domain capabilities. She manages complex acquisitions for engineering services and management consulting critical to space-based surveillance, satellite communications, and electromagnetic warfare systems. Her work ensures the timely delivery of technical solutions that enhance space domain awareness and secure resilient satellite architectures in contested environments. Alflen specializes in soliciting and awarding contracts for mission-critical systems requiring high-assurance engineering, systems integration, and operational support, aligning procurement actions with National Defense Strategy priorities. She maintains consistent partnerships with specialized defense contractors including Keystone Mission Solutions Corp, Riverside Research Institute, and Bowhead Information Technology Service LLC, all of which provide advanced engineering, systems analysis, and cybersecurity-enabled telecommunications services. These relationships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in space systems lifecycle support, signal intelligence, and secure satellite ground infrastructure. Alflen’s contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and long-term vendor collaboration to meet evolving operational demands in the space domain. Her procurement strategy prioritizes small business participation, with nearly equal portions of contracts set aside for total small businesses and HUBZone firms, reflecting a deliberate commitment to socioeconomic diversity. While 40% of acquisitions are unrestricted, the agency actively leverages FAR 19.5 set-asides to foster innovation from small, agile providers capable of delivering tailored engineering and analytical services. This pattern supports broader DoD goals of expanding the defense industrial base and enhancing resilience through diverse supplier networks. The overwhelming focus of her portfolio is on NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), encompassing systems engineering, space architecture design, and electromagnetic spectrum management. A secondary emphasis on NAICS 541611 (Management Consulting) supports program oversight, acquisition strategy, and operational readiness planning. Her acquisitions consistently demand technical proficiency in space communications protocols, orbital dynamics, and secure data transport, ensuring the USSF maintains technological superiority in an increasingly congested and contested space environment.