Teri Boddie

Teri Boddie serves as a Contracting Officer within the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Propulsion Directorate (FA8650), where she leads the acquisition of advanced aerospace propulsion systems, hypersonic technologies, and high-performance materials critical to maintaining U.S. air and space dominance. Her portfolio centers on research and development contracts that bridge fundamental science with operational capability, ensuring rapid transition of innovative propulsion solutions from lab to field. She manages complex, high-risk technical acquisitions requiring deep engineering oversight, often involving multi-year, performance-based agreements with industry partners to meet mission-critical timelines. Boddie maintains longstanding relationships with leading defense and aerospace contractors including UES INC, General Electric Company, DCS Corporation, Spirit AeroSystems Inc, and Advanced Thermoplastic Composites LLC. These partnerships are characterized by sustained collaboration on cutting-edge propulsion research, adaptive flight control systems, and advanced material development. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, risk mitigation, and performance accountability, fostering long-term vendor engagement built on mutual expertise in aerospace systems engineering. Her procurement activity reflects a strict focus on open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under no set-aside status. This indicates a deliberate emphasis on technical merit and industrial capacity over socioeconomic preferences, prioritizing mission readiness and access to the most capable industry performers regardless of business size or certification status. Boddie’s acquisitions are exclusively governed by NAICS 541712—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences—reflecting her specialization in fundamental and applied R&D for aerospace propulsion. She procures advanced materials, computational modeling services, propulsion test instrumentation, and hypersonic component prototypes, requiring deep domain knowledge in thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and high-temperature structural systems. Her work directly supports the development of next-generation engines and flight systems essential to the Air Force’s strategic modernization objectives.