Angela Slater

Angela Slater serves as a Contracting Officer at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division (N00421), where she manages complex acquisitions critical to the development, testing, and sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems. Her portfolio centers on mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare subsystems, and next-generation aircraft instrumentation, ensuring operational readiness and air superiority across the fleet. She specializes in sole-source and competitive procurements under FAR Part 15, with a focus on engineering services, system integration, and high-reliability hardware manufacturing for defense platforms. Her work directly supports the Division’s strategic priorities in modernizing airborne sensor suites and sustaining legacy platforms through technical innovation and lifecycle support. Slater maintains enduring relationships with industry leaders 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 preference for established defense contractors with proven expertise in aerospace systems, electronic components, and precision manufacturing. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, risk mitigation, and performance-based acquisition strategies, often leveraging Other Transaction Authorities and prototype agreements to accelerate capability delivery while maintaining compliance with DoD acquisition regulations. While the vast majority of her procurements (96.9%) are unrestricted, Slater maintains a modest but consistent commitment to small business participation, with 3.1% of awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. She actively seeks qualified small businesses capable of supporting specialized manufacturing and engineering tasks, though her primary focus remains on mission-critical capabilities best delivered by experienced defense contractors with the necessary security clearances and technical certifications. Her procurement activity is heavily concentrated in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), 334519 (Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing), and 334511 (Aeronautical System and Instrument Manufacturing), reflecting deep expertise in avionics, navigation systems, and precision-turned components. She routinely procures flight-critical hardware, embedded systems, and sensor interfaces that meet MIL-STD and DO-160 standards, ensuring compatibility with naval aircraft platforms such as the F/A-18, E-2D, and MH-60.