Chase Willson

Chase Willson 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. Responsible for managing complex contracts for advanced aircraft platforms and associated avionics, Willson plays a central role in executing NAVAIR’s mission to maintain air superiority through integrated systems development, testing, and logistics support. Their procurement activities focus on high-stakes, technology-driven acquisitions spanning manned and unmanned aerial systems, weapons integration, and mission-critical support infrastructure, ensuring alignment with strategic modernization priorities across carrier-based and expeditionary aviation fleets. Willson maintains consistent working relationships with leading defense prime contractors including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, partnering with industry leaders to deliver next-generation aviation platforms and sustainment solutions. These relationships are characterized by long-term collaboration on major development and production contracts, often involving technical specification alignment, risk mitigation, and performance-based logistics frameworks. The recurring engagement with these same vendors reflects a pattern of trusted, performance-driven partnerships rooted in technical fidelity and mission-critical delivery timelines. Willson’s contracting portfolio shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on technical capability and industrial capacity over socioeconomic preferences, prioritizing mission requirements and system interoperability above other contracting mechanisms. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in their portfolio, the work remains accessible to qualified vendors through transparent, standards-based solicitation processes. The primary NAICS classification under Willson’s purview is 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing), indicating exclusive focus on the design, integration, and production of naval aircraft systems. Their expertise spans fixed-wing and rotary-wing platforms, unmanned aerial vehicles, embedded avionics, and flight control systems, with deep technical familiarity in military aerospace engineering standards and defense acquisition regulations.