Benjamin Flores

Benjamin Flores serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, supporting the development, testing, and sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems. He manages complex acquisitions for mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare subsystems, and airborne sensor suites, ensuring alignment with the Navy’s strategic modernization goals. His work spans the full lifecycle of technical contracts—from requirements definition through contract award and performance oversight—focusing on high-integrity systems that enhance air superiority and fleet readiness. Flores operates within a highly technical acquisition environment requiring deep domain knowledge of military-grade electronics and integrated mission systems. He maintains sustained working 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 preference for established industry leaders with proven capabilities in systems integration, signal processing, and airborne platform sustainment. His contracting patterns emphasize performance-based outcomes, technical rigor, and risk mitigation through long-term vendor collaboration rather than transactional procurement. Flores’ portfolio is overwhelmingly dominated by unrestricted acquisitions, with 89.3% of awards issued without set-aside preferences. While small business participation remains limited, he consistently allocates approximately 9.9% of opportunities to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, with minimal use of 8(a) or other socioeconomic programs. This reflects a mission-driven prioritization of technical capability over socioeconomic targets, though small business engagement is still actively pursued where competencies align. His procurement focus centers on NAICS codes 334515 (instrument manufacturing for electrical signal testing), 511210 (software publishing for defense applications), and 334111 (electronic computer manufacturing). He routinely acquires precision test equipment, embedded software systems, communications hardware, and analytical instrumentation essential to avionics validation and electronic warfare system integration, demonstrating specialized expertise in defense electronics and mission-critical systems procurement.