Casey Bacon

Casey Bacon serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, supporting the development, testing, and sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems. Responsible for managing complex acquisitions across avionics, mission systems, and aircraft subsystems, Bacon facilitates contracts that ensure air superiority and operational readiness for the fleet. Their work directly enables the integration of next-generation sensors, electronic warfare suites, and navigation systems into legacy and emerging platforms, aligning procurement strategy with the agency’s modernization priorities and technical lifecycle requirements. Bacon maintains consistent 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 reflect a focus on high-integrity, mission-critical engineering and manufacturing capabilities, with an emphasis on firms capable of delivering integrated avionics, propulsion components, and airborne system sustainment. The working relationships are characterized by long-term collaboration, technical rigor, and adherence to stringent military specifications for performance and reliability. There is no preference for socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on accessing the broadest possible pool of technical expertise, prioritizing capability and readiness over socioeconomic classifications. Procurement decisions are driven by technical merit, system interoperability, and mission-critical performance rather than socioeconomic targeting. Bacon’s procurement portfolio is concentrated in NAICS 488190 (Other Support Activities for Air Transportation), 336412 (Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing), and 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing), with additional emphasis on 334511 (Aeronautical System and Instrument Manufacturing) and 541330 (Engineering Services). The acquisitions center on advanced avionics, flight control systems, propulsion components, and mission-critical engineering support, demonstrating deep expertise in aerospace systems integration and defense aviation technology sustainment.