Beth Exzabe

Beth Exzabe serves as a primary contracting professional at the Naval Air Warfare Center, where she plays a pivotal role in advancing mission-critical aviation technologies through strategic acquisition planning and contract execution. She manages a diverse portfolio of procurements focused on software development, avionics systems, sensor integration, and electronic test equipment—key enablers of next-generation naval air warfare capabilities. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to research, develop, test, and evaluate advanced airborne command and control, communications, and mission simulation systems. Exzabe’s acquisitions are primarily performance-based, emphasizing technical innovation, systems integration, and lifecycle support for complex defense platforms. She maintains sustained relationships with leading defense and aerospace contractors including Lockheed Martin Corporation, Jacobs Technology Inc., and Science Applications International Corporation, partnering with firms capable of delivering high-assurance software, embedded systems, and precision instrumentation. Her procurement patterns reflect a preference for large, established prime contractors with proven capabilities in systems engineering and rapid prototyping, often leveraging Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) and Other Transaction Authority (OTA) mechanisms to accelerate innovation cycles. Exzabe’s contracting activity is overwhelmingly non-set-aside, with 99% of awards issued under full and open competition, reflecting the technical complexity and scale of requirements. Only 1% of her portfolio is designated for Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a targeted but limited emphasis on socioeconomic programs, consistent with the specialized nature of naval aviation R&D. Her primary NAICS focus areas include Software Publishers (513210) and Instrument Manufacturing for Electrical Measurement (334515), underscoring deep expertise in mission-critical software, signal processing systems, and avionics test equipment. She routinely procures real-time embedded software, electronic warfare sensors, and precision calibration tools essential to modern naval air systems, demonstrating strong technical fluency in aerospace electronics and systems integration domains.