Alyssa N. Perna

Alyssa N. Perna serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where she plays a critical role in executing complex acquisitions for advanced naval aviation systems. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle of contract management—from solicitation and evaluation to award and administration—ensuring alignment with the agency’s mission to develop, test, and sustain next-generation airborne capabilities. She specializes in procurements for avionics, mission systems, and auxiliary aircraft components, often supporting integration efforts for electronic warfare, communications, and sensor suites on manned and unmanned platforms. Her work directly enables operational readiness across the fleet by delivering technically rigorous, compliant, and timely contract solutions. Perna maintains consistent working relationships with key industry partners including SABRE SYSTEMS, LLC, THE BOEING COMPANY, SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, INC., and ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC. These partnerships reflect a focus on established defense primes and specialized engineering firms with proven expertise in aerospace subsystems and mission-critical hardware. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical merit, past performance, and system integration capability, fostering long-term collaborations with vendors capable of meeting the Navy’s stringent performance and security requirements. Her procurement portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, reflecting a strategic emphasis on leveraging broad industry capacity and technical depth rather than socioeconomic set-asides. While she does not prioritize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her approach ensures competitive, open access to opportunities for all qualified vendors capable of delivering high-complexity aviation systems. Perna’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), encompassing components such as flight control interfaces, data link modules, and embedded avionics. She also supports NAICS 334310 (Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing) for mission-specific display and sensor fusion systems. Her domain expertise centers on airborne electronics integration, ensuring compliance with military standards such as MIL-STD-810 and DO-160 across sustainment and modernization initiatives.