Saprina Pearson

Saprina Pearson serves as a key procurement lead within the FA8213 Aflcmc Ebhk, a specialized unit of the Department of the Air Force responsible for the development, sustainment, and modernization of explosive ordnance systems and air-launched munitions. She manages the full lifecycle of high-risk, mission-critical acquisitions involving energetic materials, initiation systems, and guided missile components, ensuring technical compliance with DoD safety and performance standards. Her work directly supports the readiness and lethality of U.S. airpower by securing reliable, certified suppliers for sensitive defense technologies requiring stringent quality control and supply chain integrity. Pearson maintains consistent, long-term relationships with a select group of specialized contractors, including Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company (California LLC), Chemring Energetic Devices Inc., Stratus Systems, Inc., and the Canadian Commercial Corporation. These partnerships reflect a focus on Tier 1 defense contractors with proven expertise in explosives manufacturing, propellant formulation, and precision munitions integration. Her procurement approach emphasizes technical capability, regulatory adherence, and supply chain resilience, often requiring dual-use certifications and export control compliance under ITAR and EAR frameworks. There is no preference for socioeconomic set-asides; all acquisitions are conducted as full and open competitions, reflecting the classified, technical, and national security-sensitive nature of the work. This underscores a prioritization of mission-critical performance over socioeconomic targeting, with contracts awarded based on technical merit, production capacity, and compliance with defense-specific quality standards. Pearson’s procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 325920 — Explosives Manufacturing — encompassing high-energy materials, detonators, pyrotechnics, and propulsion systems for air-delivered ordnance. Her domain expertise lies in the procurement of classified and controlled components requiring specialized facilities, hazardous material handling certifications, and DoD-qualified manufacturing processes, ensuring alignment with the Air Force’s strategic modernization goals for next-generation aerial weapons systems.