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 contracts for mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare subsystems, and aircraft auxiliary equipment, ensuring alignment with the Navy’s strategic priorities in air superiority and fleet readiness. She specializes in engineering services and aerospace component procurement, working closely with technical stakeholders to define requirements, evaluate proposals, and negotiate performance-based contracts that support rapid modernization and legacy system sustainment. Machnicki 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 primarily performance-driven, focused on delivering integrated avionics, mission systems, and technical engineering support. Her procurement approach emphasizes technical rigor, risk mitigation, and timely delivery, fostering long-term vendor collaboration on high-stakes, mission-critical programs. Her contracting portfolio reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued without set-aside designations such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB. While she does not currently utilize socioeconomic set-asides, her focus remains on securing the highest technical capability and operational reliability from qualified industry partners, regardless of business size. Machnicki’s primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), reflecting her deep engagement with airborne sensor integration, communications architecture, and mission system engineering. She routinely procures custom-built avionics hardware, flight control subsystems, electronic countermeasure components, and systems engineering support services critical to next-generation naval aircraft platforms.