Sheila Titer

Sheila Titer serves as a Contracting/Agreements Officer within the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Propulsion Directorate (FA8650), where she manages complex acquisitions supporting advanced aerospace propulsion, hypersonics, and high-performance materials research. Her role is central to accelerating the transition of cutting-edge technologies from laboratory innovation to operational capability, overseeing sole-source, competitive, and research-and-development contracts under FAR and DFARS frameworks. She specializes in procuring mission-critical systems requiring technical rigor, including propulsion subsystems, adaptive flight controls, and novel functional materials, ensuring compliance with national security requirements and DoD acquisition policies. Titer maintains consistent relationships with leading aerospace and advanced manufacturing contractors including UES INC, General Electric Company, DCS Corporation, Spirit Aerosystems Inc, and Advanced Thermoplastic Composites LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on high-technical-capability vendors capable of delivering proprietary research, prototype development, and specialized manufacturing services under tight schedule constraints. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term collaboration with industry partners possessing deep domain expertise in propulsion systems, composite materials, and high-temperature component fabrication. Titer’s portfolio exhibits a 100% preference for unrestricted, full and open competition, with no set-asides designated for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic programs. This reflects the highly specialized, classified, and technologically sensitive nature of the research she supports, where only a limited number of qualified industry players possess the required clearance levels, facilities, and technical know-how to meet mission needs. Her procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 541715 (R&D in physical and engineering sciences), with significant activity in 339999 (miscellaneous manufacturing) and 325110 (petrochemical manufacturing). She routinely procures advanced thermoplastic composites, explosive formulations, and precision-fabricated metal components critical to hypersonic and propulsion systems, demonstrating deep expertise in materials science, chemical engineering, and aerospace manufacturing domains.