Carolyn P. Stewart

Carolyn P. Stewart serves as a Purchasing Agent at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where she plays a critical role in acquiring mission-critical systems that support the development, testing, and sustainment of advanced naval aviation platforms. Her procurement activities focus on avionics, electronic warfare subsystems, communications systems, and aircraft maintenance services essential to maintaining air superiority and fleet readiness. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions spanning technical engineering services, flight training support, and specialized manufacturing, ensuring alignment with the Navy’s modernization priorities and lifecycle sustainment goals. Stewart maintains consistent working relationships with key industry partners including SABRE SYSTEMS, LLC, THE BOEING COMPANY, SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, INC., and ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC. These partnerships reflect a blend of prime contractors with deep aerospace and defense expertise and specialized firms delivering niche engineering and systems integration services. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting and technical rigor, fostering long-term vendor collaboration to meet complex operational requirements. A hallmark of Stewart’s procurement strategy is her strong commitment to small business participation, with 90% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, and an additional 10% competed specifically under the 8(a) program. This reflects a deliberate effort to cultivate a resilient supplier base of disadvantaged and emerging firms capable of supporting high-tech naval aviation needs while promoting economic inclusion within the defense industrial base. Her primary NAICS focus areas include Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing (336412), and Flight Training (611512), underscoring her expertise in procuring digital systems integration, propulsion components, and pilot readiness solutions. She also frequently sources specialized maintenance and technical support services under NAICS 811219, demonstrating a broad command of the technical domains critical to sustaining next-generation naval aircraft systems.