Christine Sager

Christine Sager serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance naval aviation readiness through specialized acquisitions. She manages complex contracts for advanced avionics, flight control systems, diagnostic instrumentation, and mission-critical aircraft support technologies, ensuring alignment with operational requirements for next-generation naval air platforms. Her work is central to the division’s test, evaluation, and sustainment initiatives, bridging technical specifications with acquisition execution to deliver high-performance aerospace systems under stringent military standards. Sager maintains consistent contracting relationships with leading defense and aerospace primes including Lockheed Martin Corporation, BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., and PCI Aviation LLC, as well as niche suppliers such as Critical Communications, Controls and Instruments, LLC and Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for established industry leaders with proven capabilities in ruggedized electronics, embedded systems, and aviation-grade instrumentation, often involving technical evaluations, performance-based contracts, and long-term sustainment agreements. Her procurement portfolio is overwhelmingly dominated by open, unrestricted competitions, with only 6.2% of awards designated for small business set-asides—4.7% under total small business set-asides and 1.6% under 8(a) competed programs. While small business participation is present, it remains secondary to mission-critical performance and technical maturity, indicating a focus on proven capabilities over socioeconomic preferences. Sager’s acquisitions are concentrated in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), followed by 334511 (Aeronautical System and Instrument Manufacturing) and 334519 (Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing). She primarily procures mission-critical components including flight data recorders, avionics integration modules, sensor interfaces, and test instrumentation systems essential to the sustainment and modernization of naval aircraft platforms.