Virginia L. Pressnell

Virginia Pressnell serves as a key procurement professional within the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s FA8522 office, responsible for managing complex acquisitions to sustain and modernize critical airborne electronic warfare, sensor, and avionics systems. Her work directly supports the operational readiness of combat-coded aircraft by ensuring timely delivery of repair, maintenance, and engineering support for radar warning receivers, electronic countermeasures, and precision navigation instrumentation. She handles a diverse portfolio of contract actions spanning engineering services, spare parts procurement, and system-level upgrades, aligning with the Department of the Air Force’s mission to extend the lifecycle of legacy platforms while integrating modern capabilities. Pressnell maintains longstanding relationships with industry leaders such as Vertex Modernization and Sustainment LLC, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, General Microwave Corporation, and Narda Holdings, Inc.—firms with proven expertise in high-reliability RF systems, avionics repair, and electronic component integration. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical proficiency and mission-critical performance, favoring vendors with deep domain knowledge in airborne electronic systems and proven track records in rapid field support and obsolescence management. Her procurement strategy prioritizes open competition, with 76% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions, reflecting a focus on technical capability over socioeconomic categorization. Nevertheless, she consistently allocates 20% of opportunities to total small business set-asides and 4% to 8(a) competed contracts, demonstrating a measured but meaningful commitment to small business participation within a technically demanding acquisition environment. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing), underscoring her specialization in airborne electronic subsystems. She regularly procures repairable avionics modules, RF shielding components, and mission-critical instrumentation, requiring deep familiarity with MIL-STD specifications, configuration control, and technical data packages essential to maintaining airworthiness and combat effectiveness.