Colleen G. Coombs

Colleen G. Coombs serves as a Contracts Specialist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where she plays a critical role in acquiring advanced aviation systems essential to maintaining air superiority and fleet readiness. She manages the full lifecycle of complex procurements for mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare subsystems, navigation systems, and aircraft integration services, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and defense-specific requirements. Her work directly supports the agency’s strategic priorities in modernizing airborne sensor suites and sustaining legacy platforms through technically rigorous contracting practices. Coombs maintains consistent procurement 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 focus on high-technology engineering, systems integration, and specialized manufacturing capabilities. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical risk mitigation, and long-term sustainment support, fostering collaborative relationships with industry partners capable of delivering cutting-edge solutions under stringent military standards. While the majority of her acquisitions are unrestricted, Coombs demonstrates a measurable commitment to small business participation, with approximately 17.9% of her portfolio allocated to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5 and an additional 3.0% to 8(a) competed contracts. She actively promotes socioeconomic contracting goals, including service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-asides, ensuring diverse vendor engagement while maintaining mission-critical performance standards. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS codes related to aeronautical system manufacturing (334511), instrument manufacturing for electrical signals (334515), and engineering services (541330), reflecting deep expertise in avionics, test and measurement equipment, and technical systems integration. She routinely procures hardware and software solutions for radar, communications, navigation, and electronic attack systems, aligning acquisitions with the Navy’s evolving operational requirements in contested environments.