Chloe O'Dell

Chloe O’Dell serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, supporting the acquisition of advanced aviation systems critical to maintaining naval air superiority. She manages complex contracts for the development, integration, and sustainment of mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare suites, and next-generation aircraft subsystems. Her work directly enables the agency’s mission to modernize airborne sensor architectures and extend the lifecycle of legacy platforms through technical innovation and rigorous systems engineering. O’Dell typically handles competitive and sole-source acquisitions under FAR Part 15, with a focus on research and development, software integration, and technical services supporting naval aviation readiness. She maintains consistent contracting relationships with leading defense and aerospace 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 balanced approach between large prime contractors with deep systems integration capabilities and specialized small businesses delivering niche engineering and software solutions. Her procurement patterns emphasize technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and long-term sustainment support across multi-year program lifecycles. O’Dell’s contracting portfolio reflects a strong commitment to small business participation, with approximately one-third of awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. While the majority of acquisitions remain open to all competitors, she actively prioritizes opportunities for qualified small businesses, particularly those with expertise in software development, systems analysis, and aircraft maintenance support services, aligning with the agency’s socioeconomic goals. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 811219 (Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance), 513210 (Software Publishers), and 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences). These categories reflect her domain expertise in airborne software systems, mission-critical firmware, and engineering R&D supporting avionics modernization, electronic attack capabilities, and digital thread integration across naval aircraft platforms.