Sarah Riffe

Sarah Riffe serves as a key procurement professional within the Air Force Test Center’s PZZD division at Eglin Air Force Base, supporting the development and integration of advanced airborne systems, guided missile technologies, and mission-critical avionics. She manages acquisition strategies for high-priority test and evaluation infrastructure, with a focus on rapid prototyping, live-fire testing, and threat simulation systems. Her portfolio centers on the procurement of specialized hardware and engineered components critical to maintaining Air Force operational readiness, particularly in electronic warfare, precision targeting, and next-generation sensor integration. Riffe plays a pivotal role in ensuring timely delivery of mission-essential capabilities through streamlined contracting processes aligned with DoD innovation mandates. Her primary contractor relationship is with WAVELINK INC, a trusted vendor with demonstrated expertise in manufacturing precision metal components and subsystems for defense applications. Riffe consistently engages this partner for the production of prefabricated metal structures and mission-specific enclosures used in test ranges and avionics integration platforms. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established, technically capable vendors with proven performance in defense-grade fabrication, fostering long-term, performance-based partnerships rather than transactional procurement cycles. Riffe’s acquisition portfolio shows no reliance on socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a mission-driven prioritization of technical capability and schedule certainty over socioeconomic criteria, aligning with the urgent operational tempo of Eglin’s test and evaluation mission. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in her portfolio, her approach remains compliant with federal procurement regulations while emphasizing mission-critical performance outcomes. Her primary procurement focus is under NAICS 332311, Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing, indicating a specialization in the acquisition of custom-engineered metal structures, test cell enclosures, and ruggedized component housings. These procurements support the physical infrastructure required for live-fire testing, electronic warfare simulation, and avionics integration, underscoring her technical domain expertise in defense manufacturing and test range logistics.