Stephanie R Mills

Ms. Stephanie Mills serves as a contracting professional within the FA8681 AFLCMC EBD, a critical unit of the Department of the Air Force responsible for advancing high-capacity munitions, guided missile systems, and precision strike technologies. In her role, she manages the acquisition lifecycle for complex ordnance and warhead systems, overseeing solicitation, evaluation, and award processes for mission-critical defense programs. Her portfolio emphasizes the development and sustainment of next-generation strike capabilities, ensuring rapid fielding of advanced ammunition and guidance systems to maintain air and space dominance. She routinely handles classified and unclassified contracts requiring stringent technical compliance with DoD acquisition regulations and defense industrial base standards. Ms. Mills collaborates with a diverse base of defense industrial contractors specializing in ordnance manufacturing, precision engineering, and aerospace systems integration. While no single contractor dominates her portfolio, she consistently engages with Tier 1 defense primes and niche suppliers possessing specialized capabilities in explosives formulation, guidance electronics, and high-precision machining. Her contracting approach prioritizes technical rigor, supply chain resilience, and industrial base sustainability, fostering long-term partnerships with vendors capable of meeting rigorous military performance and quality standards. Her procurement patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 95.5% of awards issued under non-set-aside conditions. Only 4.5% of her contracts are designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a focus on technical capability over socioeconomic preferences. While she does not routinely prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, she remains compliant with all statutory small business participation requirements and leverages small business capabilities where technical requirements align. Ms. Mills’ primary acquisition focus lies in NAICS 332993 (ammunition manufacturing), followed by 334511 (aerospace guidance systems) and 541330 (engineering services). She procures advanced warheads, fuzing systems, rocket motors, and precision-turned components critical to long-range strike platforms. Her technical domain expertise spans ordnance chemistry, inertial navigation, and high-explosive ballistic performance, requiring deep engagement with defense engineers and certified manufacturing facilities capable of meeting MIL-SPEC and DoD certification standards.