Caitlyn Ersek

Caitlyn Ersek serves as a key procurement lead within the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (N61340), where she manages the acquisition of advanced training systems critical to naval aviation readiness. Her role centers on securing engineering services that support the development, modernization, and sustainment of immersive simulation environments, mission-critical avionics, and tactical combat training infrastructure. She ensures that procurement activities align with the Navy’s strategic imperatives to enhance pilot and aircrew proficiency through cutting-edge, integrated training technologies, overseeing full lifecycle contract management from requirements definition to contract closeout. Ersek maintains a consistent partnership with STRACON SERVICES GROUP, LLC, and FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL INC, both of which provide high-fidelity simulation systems, curriculum integration, and avionics modernization services. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established industry leaders with proven expertise in military training systems, while maintaining a disciplined focus on technical compliance and performance-based outcomes. These relationships are characterized by long-term sustainment contracts and iterative capability upgrades rather than one-time procurements. A defining feature of Ersek’s contracting approach is her exclusive use of Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) set-asides, reflecting a strong institutional commitment to socioeconomic diversity and equitable access to defense contracting opportunities. Every acquisition under her purview is structured to maximize participation by WOSB firms, ensuring that small businesses with specialized engineering capabilities contribute meaningfully to the Navy’s training modernization mission. Her procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), emphasizing systems engineering, simulation architecture, human-in-the-loop testing, and training curriculum design. She procures technical services that integrate real-time data analytics, virtual and augmented reality platforms, and mission rehearsal environments, demonstrating deep domain expertise in aviation training systems and defense simulation ecosystems.