Christin J. Simpson

Christin J. Simpson serves as a Contracts Specialist within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), supporting the acquisition and lifecycle sustainment of critical naval aviation systems. She manages complex procurements spanning aircraft components, avionics, engineering services, and logistics support, ensuring alignment with DoD acquisition regulations and NAVAIR’s mission to maintain air superiority through advanced technology integration. Her work directly enables the modernization of carrier-based and expeditionary aircraft fleets, with a focus on ensuring timely delivery of mission-critical hardware and technical services across the Navy and Marine Corps. Simpson maintains longstanding contractual relationships with leading defense prime contractors including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, partnering with them on high-priority programs involving rotary-wing platforms, unmanned aerial systems, and integrated weapons architectures. She also collaborates with specialized logistics and training providers such as Global Air Logistics and Training, Inc., fostering vendor partnerships that emphasize performance-based contracting, technical innovation, and sustainment readiness. Her procurement approach prioritizes reliability, technical compliance, and long-term system interoperability. While the majority of her acquisitions—approximately 80.5%—are conducted under full and open competition, Simpson consistently facilitates small business participation, with nearly 17% of awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5 and an additional 2.4% reserved for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate balance between leveraging prime contractor capacity and expanding opportunities for qualified small businesses in the defense aerospace sector. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and 541330 (Engineering Services), reflecting deep expertise in procuring flight-critical components, avionics integration, and systems engineering support. She routinely manages contracts for search and navigation systems, flight control hardware, and specialized test equipment, demonstrating technical fluency in aeronautical engineering domains and defense logistics infrastructure.