Christine Herrick

Christine Herrick 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. She manages complex contract actions for advanced aircraft platforms, avionics, weapons integration, and associated logistics infrastructure, ensuring alignment with NAVAIR’s mission to maintain air superiority through cutting-edge technology. Her work spans the full acquisition lifecycle—from requirements definition and source selection to contract execution and performance monitoring—focusing on high-priority programs involving carrier-based and expeditionary aviation systems. Herrick maintains consistent, long-term relationships with industry leaders including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, partnering with prime contractors who deliver sophisticated aerospace systems and mission-critical support services. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, risk mitigation, and performance-based outcomes, often involving multi-year, performance-based logistics contracts and systems integration efforts. These partnerships reflect a preference for established defense primes with proven capabilities in aircraft manufacturing, sustainment, and advanced systems engineering. Herrick’s procurement portfolio reflects a strict focus on full and open competition, with no set-asides applied to her acquisitions. This indicates a strategic emphasis on leveraging the broadest possible industrial base to meet mission-critical performance standards, rather than targeting socioeconomic categories such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. Her contracting patterns prioritize technical capability and readiness over socioeconomic preferences. Her primary procurement activity centers on NAICS 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing), with deep expertise in procuring manned and unmanned aerial systems, propulsion components, flight control systems, and integrated mission avionics. She operates at the intersection of aerospace engineering and defense acquisition, ensuring that contracted solutions meet stringent military specifications for durability, interoperability, and operational effectiveness in maritime environments.