Zori Mattison

Zori Mattison serves as a key procurement lead within the FA8232 Aflcmc Wwmk, a critical unit of the Department of the Air Force responsible for sustaining and modernizing the F-16 fleet’s airborne systems. In this role, Mattison manages complex acquisition programs centered on avionics modernization, embedded system upgrades, and mission-critical aeronautical instrumentation. Their work directly supports combat readiness by ensuring the integration of advanced navigation, guidance, display, and communication technologies into legacy platforms. Mattison routinely oversees contract actions under both full and open competition and targeted engineering services, ensuring technical compliance with Air Force modernization roadmaps. Mattison maintains strategic partnerships with industry leaders including VERTEX MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINMENT LLC, SHIFT5, INC., and SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, each of which brings specialized expertise in avionics sustainment, software-defined systems, and embedded firmware modernization. These relationships are characterized by long-term, performance-based contracting approaches that emphasize rapid prototyping, modular open systems architecture (MOSA), and lifecycle support. Collaborations are often structured around indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicles and other agile acquisition mechanisms to accelerate fielding of critical upgrades. Mattison’s contracting portfolio reflects a strict preference for full and open competition, with no set-asides applied to awarded contracts. This approach prioritizes technical capability and mission urgency over socioeconomic classifications, though small business participation remains possible through subcontracting arrangements under prime contracts. The agency’s procurement focus is evenly split between NAICS 334511 for the manufacture of aeronautical navigation and guidance systems and NAICS 541330 for advanced engineering services. Mattison specializes in acquiring high-integrity avionics hardware, digital display suites, mission computers, and integrated communication modules, demonstrating deep technical fluency in airborne electronic systems and embedded software modernization.