Charles R. Fields

Charles R. Fields serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where he plays a critical role in executing complex acquisitions for advanced naval aviation systems. He manages the full lifecycle of contracts supporting the development, testing, and sustainment of mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare suites, communications networks, and aircraft subsystems. His work directly enables the agency’s mission to maintain air superiority through technological innovation and legacy system modernization. Fields specializes in performance-based, requirements-driven procurements under firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement contract types, often involving high-technical-risk engineering services and systems integration. He maintains established working 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 are typically structured around long-term, mission-critical support contracts requiring deep technical expertise in airborne sensor integration, signal processing, and aerospace systems engineering. Fields collaborates closely with technical stakeholders to ensure contract language aligns with performance metrics and operational readiness objectives, fostering a results-oriented contracting environment. Fields’ procurement portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, reflecting the specialized, large-scale nature of the acquisitions he manages. While he does not utilize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, his focus remains on securing mission-essential capabilities from industry leaders with proven technical credentials and infrastructure to support classified and high-integrity aerospace programs. His primary contracting activity falls under NAICS 488190—Other Support Activities for Air Transportation—encompassing systems engineering, technical analysis, test and evaluation, and sustainment services for naval aircraft platforms. He routinely procures advanced avionics integration, mission computer upgrades, electronic countermeasures, and data link modernization services, demonstrating deep expertise in the technical domains of airborne systems and defense aviation logistics.