Cassandra E Somerville

Cassandra E. Somerville serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), supporting the acquisition and lifecycle sustainment of critical naval aviation systems. She manages complex contract actions for aircraft components, avionics, and supporting logistics infrastructure, ensuring alignment with NAVAIR’s mission to maintain air superiority through advanced technology integration. Her work spans the full acquisition lifecycle—from requirements definition and source selection to contract award and performance oversight—focusing on high-priority programs involving carrier-based and expeditionary aircraft platforms. Somerville’s expertise lies in executing technically demanding procurements that support operational readiness and modernization initiatives across the Navy and Marine Corps. She maintains sustained working relationships with leading defense aerospace primes including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, often engaging them on multi-year, performance-based contracts for aircraft manufacturing, mission systems integration, and sustainment services. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, risk mitigation, and long-term system readiness, fostering collaborative partnerships with industry leaders to deliver cutting-edge capabilities under stringent military specifications. Somerville’s procurement portfolio reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under no set-aside categories. This indicates a focus on leveraging the broadest possible industrial base to meet mission-critical requirements, with limited reliance on socioeconomic programs such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides. Her approach prioritizes capability, scale, and technical maturity over socioeconomic categorization. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), with significant activity in NAICS 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing) and NAICS 541715 (Research and Development in Physical and Engineering Sciences). She routinely procures flight control systems, radar and sensor modules, propulsion components, and engineering services supporting aircraft modernization, reflecting deep technical expertise in naval aviation systems engineering and sustainment.