Ashley M Phillips

Ashley M. Phillips serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex acquisitions for advanced naval aviation systems. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle of contract management—from market research and solicitation development to award and closeout—for mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare systems, and airborne sensor technologies. She supports the agency’s strategic imperative to modernize fleet-ready platforms by ensuring timely, compliant, and technically sound procurement of high-performance aerospace subsystems. Her portfolio primarily involves sealed bidding and negotiated procurements under FAR Part 15, with a focus on R&D, systems integration, and sustainment contracts for next-generation air dominance capabilities. Phillips maintains consistent working 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 blend of prime contractor engagement with specialized technical firms delivering precision instrumentation, mission computing, and aircraft subsystems. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based requirements, technical risk mitigation, and collaborative vendor engagement to meet rigorous Navy aviation standards. While the majority of her acquisitions are unrestricted—reflecting the specialized nature of naval aviation systems—she maintains a deliberate 10% focus on Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, actively seeking qualified small businesses with expertise in electronic signal testing, navigation systems, and aircraft component manufacturing. Her socioeconomic strategy prioritizes small business participation without compromising technical readiness or mission-critical performance thresholds. Her procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 334511 and 334515, corresponding to the manufacture of aeronautical navigation, guidance, and electrical signal measurement systems. She routinely acquires flight control interfaces, radar signal processors, electronic countermeasure modules, and other mission-critical avionics, demonstrating deep technical fluency in airborne sensor integration and military-grade instrumentation manufacturing.