Cassandra Spence

Cassandra Spence serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), supporting the lifecycle acquisition and sustainment of naval aviation systems critical to U.S. Navy and Marine Corps operational readiness. She manages complex contracting actions for advanced aircraft components, avionics integration, and engineering services, ensuring alignment with NAVAIR’s mission to maintain air superiority through cutting-edge technology and reliable logistics support. Her work directly enables the modernization of carrier-based and expeditionary aircraft fleets, with a focus on seamless system interoperability and long-term sustainment. Spence maintains sustained partnerships with leading defense prime contractors including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, frequently engaging them for the development and integration of rotary-wing platforms, unmanned aerial systems, and mission-critical avionics. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established industry leaders with proven track records in defense aerospace, fostering long-term collaboration on high-complexity, low-risk procurement actions that demand technical rigor and supply chain stability. Her procurement portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, reflecting a strategic emphasis on leveraging full and open competition to ensure access to the most capable and technologically advanced solutions available in the defense industrial base. There is no indication of targeted socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB preferences, indicating a procurement approach prioritizing mission performance and technical superiority over socioeconomic preferences. Spence’s primary contracting focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and 541330 (Engineering Services), each accounting for 40% of her portfolio, with an additional 20% in 334220 (Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing). She specializes in procuring flight control systems, radar and communication subsystems, and mission-specific engineering support services, demonstrating deep technical expertise in naval aviation systems integration and electronic warfare enablers.