Catrina Vitez

Catrina Vitez serves as a key procurement lead within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, overseeing the acquisition of advanced aviation systems critical to naval air superiority and fleet readiness. She manages complex contracts for the development, integration, and sustainment of mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare suites, communications networks, and aircraft subsystems. Her work directly supports the Division’s mission to modernize airborne sensor technologies and maintain legacy platforms, ensuring operational continuity across next-generation naval aircraft. Vitez specializes in full-life-cycle contracting for high-technology aerospace systems, frequently handling sole-source, competitive, and performance-based acquisitions under FAR and DFARS guidelines. She maintains established 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 Tier 1 and Tier 2 aerospace and systems integration firms with proven expertise in airborne systems engineering, mission software development, and aircraft component manufacturing. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, risk mitigation, and performance accountability, often involving technical evaluation panels and risk-based source selection processes. Vitez’s procurement portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on technical capability and industrial base readiness over socioeconomic preferences, aligning with the high-stakes, mission-critical nature of naval aviation modernization. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her award patterns, she ensures compliance with all applicable small business subcontracting requirements. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 488190 (Other Support Activities for Air Transportation) and 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing), with significant activity in aircraft subsystems and auxiliary equipment. She procures integrated avionics architectures, radar and electronic attack systems, flight control hardware, and mission computer components, demonstrating deep technical fluency in airborne systems engineering and defense aerospace supply chain dynamics.