Brittany Machnicki

Brittany Machnicki serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where she plays a critical role in executing complex acquisitions for advanced naval aviation systems. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of contract actions—from requirements definition and source selection to award and administration—for mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare subsystems, and aircraft integration technologies. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurement strategies with the agency’s mission to modernize airborne sensor suites and sustain legacy platforms. Machnicki specializes in high-technical, performance-based contracts supporting next-generation aircraft systems, often involving rapid prototyping, systems engineering, and sustainment services. She maintains consistent working relationships with leading defense contractors including SABRE SYSTEMS, LLC, THE BOEING COMPANY, SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, INC., and ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC. These partnerships are typically centered on the development, integration, and testing of specialized aircraft components and auxiliary equipment. Machnicki fosters collaborative, long-term vendor engagements that emphasize technical innovation, rigorous quality assurance, and timely delivery of mission-ready systems, often under time-constrained acquisition timelines. Machnicki’s procurement portfolio reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under no set-aside classifications. She does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, instead prioritizing technical capability, industrial base capacity, and mission-critical readiness over socioeconomic categorizations in her decision-making framework. Her primary acquisition focus lies in NAICS 336413—Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing—accounting for 80% of her portfolio, with the remaining 20% in NAICS 336411—Aircraft Manufacturing. She procures a wide range of mission-critical hardware and software-integrated systems, including radar and communications modules, navigation avionics, electronic countermeasure components, and flight control subsystems, demonstrating deep expertise in airborne systems engineering and defense aerospace supply chain management.