Christin Simpson

Christin Simpson serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, supporting the development and sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems. Responsible for managing complex acquisition programs, she oversees contracts for research, engineering, and systems integration services critical to modernizing airborne sensor suites, electronic warfare capabilities, and mission-critical avionics. Her work directly enables the agency’s mission to ensure air superiority through cutting-edge technological advancement, focusing on high-stakes, technically demanding procurements that bridge prototype development with fleet-wide deployment. Simpson maintains longstanding 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 preference for established prime contractors with deep expertise in aerospace systems engineering, avionics integration, and mission systems analysis. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor and performance-based outcomes, often requiring vendors to demonstrate proven capability in classified environments and rapid prototyping cycles. While the majority of her acquisitions are open to full and open competition, she consistently allocates approximately 20% of her portfolio to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting a deliberate commitment to fostering innovation from smaller, agile firms. Her socioeconomic contracting patterns prioritize broad small business participation without reliance on specific 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, indicating a focus on capability over certification status. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 541715 (R&D in physical and engineering sciences) and 541330 (Engineering Services), with secondary emphasis on 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services). She routinely procures advanced avionics architecture, digital mission systems, signal processing tools, and integrated software-defined platforms, demonstrating deep technical fluency in airborne systems engineering and next-generation naval aviation modernization.