Susan Hashemi

Susan Hashemi serves as a key procurement lead within the FA2518 USSF SPOC/SAIO under the Department of the Air Force, where she manages specialized acquisitions to sustain and modernize critical space domain capabilities. Her work centers on engineering services, telecommunications infrastructure, and training solutions that directly support space-based surveillance, satellite communications, and electromagnetic warfare systems. She oversees the full lifecycle of contract actions—from requirements validation to award and administration—ensuring alignment with National Defense Strategy priorities and the Space Force’s mission to maintain operational superiority in contested orbital environments. Her portfolio is heavily focused on technical services that enhance space domain awareness and secure resilient satellite architectures. Hashemi maintains strong, recurring partnerships with industry leaders including Keystone Mission Solutions Corp, Riverside Research Institute, and Bowhead Information Technology Service LLC. These contractors provide specialized engineering, systems integration, and cyber-enabled communications support tailored to high-acuity space operations. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for long-term, performance-based engagements with vendors possessing deep domain expertise in space systems and electromagnetic spectrum management, fostering trusted collaboration between government and industry to meet evolving operational demands. A defining feature of her procurement strategy is a robust commitment to small business participation, with 71.4% of her awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate effort to cultivate innovation from niche providers and ensure broad socioeconomic inclusion across the national security industrial base. Her approach consistently prioritizes small businesses capable of delivering agile, mission-critical solutions in specialized technical domains. Her primary NAICS focus areas include Professional and Management Development Training (50%) and Engineering Services (33.3%), underscoring her emphasis on workforce capability development and technical systems engineering. She procures advanced training programs, systems analysis, and specialized instrumentation services critical to sustaining space operations, demonstrating deep expertise in the intersection of human capital development and mission-critical space systems acquisition.