Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson serves as a key procurement lead within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, overseeing the acquisition of advanced avionics, electronic warfare systems, and mission-critical aircraft subsystems essential to naval air superiority. He manages complex contracts for the development, integration, and sustainment of next-generation airborne sensor suites, communications architectures, and test instrumentation, aligning acquisitions with the Navy’s strategic modernization goals. His work ensures operational readiness by bridging cutting-edge technology with legacy platform sustainment, often coordinating across engineering, test, and logistics teams to define technical requirements and ensure compliance with defense acquisition regulations. Johnson maintains consistent relationships with leading defense and aerospace contractors 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 high-technology systems integration, analytical modeling, and precision instrument manufacturing. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical innovation, and long-term sustainment support, fostering collaborative vendor engagement on mission-critical programs requiring rigorous certification and testing protocols. While the majority of his acquisitions are unrestricted, Johnson consistently allocates 20% of opportunities to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a deliberate commitment to fostering innovation from small, agile vendors. He does not prioritize specific socioeconomic categories such as 8(a) or HUBZone, instead favoring broad small business participation to expand the pool of qualified suppliers in specialized technical domains. His procurement focus centers on NAICS codes 511210 (software publishing), 334515 and 334516 (electrical measurement and analytical instrument manufacturing), and 541512 (computer systems design), reflecting deep expertise in avionics testing, signal processing, and embedded systems development. He routinely procures custom test equipment, mission software, and real-time data analysis tools critical to airborne system validation and fleet modernization.