Carla Restina

Carla Restina serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), supporting the lifecycle acquisition and sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. She manages complex contracts for the development, testing, and logistics support of carrier-based and expeditionary aircraft platforms, focusing on mission-critical aerospace technologies including avionics, weapons integration, and flight systems. Her work directly enables NAVAIR’s strategic imperative to maintain air superiority through timely, technically rigorous acquisition of next-generation aviation capabilities. Restina maintains consistent contracting relationships with industry leaders such as Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, partnering with prime contractors who deliver high-assurance aerospace systems under strict military specifications. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, technical risk mitigation, and integrated logistics support, fostering long-term vendor collaboration on sustainment and modernization programs. She frequently engages with defense primes possessing proven track records in aerospace engineering, systems integration, and military certification. Restina’s contracting portfolio reflects a strict focus on full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued without set-aside preferences for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic categories. This underscores a mission-driven prioritization of technical capability and readiness over socioeconomic targeting, aligning with NAVAIR’s need for rapid fielding of high-performance aviation systems. Her primary procurement activity centers on NAICS 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing), encompassing the acquisition of manned and unmanned aerial systems, propulsion components, flight control systems, and associated mission equipment. She specializes in procuring technically complex, defense-unique platforms requiring stringent compliance with MIL-STD and DO-160 standards, demonstrating deep expertise in aerospace systems acquisition and lifecycle sustainment within the naval aviation domain.