Colleen Ringler

Colleen Ringler serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, supporting the development, testing, and sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems. She manages complex acquisitions for mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare suites, communications systems, and sensor integration technologies that ensure air superiority and fleet readiness. Her work spans the full lifecycle of defense contracts—from requirements definition through contract award and performance oversight—focusing on high-technology, systems-engineering-driven procurements aligned with the Navy’s modernization priorities. Ringler’s portfolio emphasizes rapid prototyping, capability upgrades, and legacy system sustainment for next-generation aircraft platforms. She maintains consistent working 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 industry leaders with proven expertise in airborne systems integration, signal processing, and mission systems engineering. Ringler’s contracting approach prioritizes technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and long-term sustainment support, often leveraging Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) and Other Transaction Authority (OTA) mechanisms to accelerate innovation. Ringler’s contracting patterns show a strong emphasis on open competition, with 83.9% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions. While small business participation is present at 15.2% under Total Small Business Set-Asides, 8(a) and other socioeconomic programs represent a minor portion of her portfolio, indicating a focus on technical capability over socioeconomic categorization in mission-critical procurements. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 511210 (Software Publishing), reflecting heavy investment in custom software, modeling and simulation tools, and embedded firmware for avionics. She also routinely procures electronic computer manufacturing (334111), wireless communications equipment (334220), and test instrumentation (334515), demonstrating deep expertise in digital signal processing, airborne networking, and mission system integration for naval aircraft.