Constance L. Humiston

Constance L. Humiston serves as a Procuring Contracting Officer at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where she leads the acquisition of mission-critical aviation systems to support naval air superiority and fleet readiness. Her portfolio encompasses the development, testing, and sustainment of advanced avionics, electronic warfare suites, communications networks, and auxiliary aircraft subsystems. She manages full lifecycle procurements under FAR and DFARS guidelines, specializing in complex engineering services, systems integration, and hardware manufacturing contracts that align with the Navy’s modernization priorities. Humiston ensures acquisitions support operational capability gaps while maintaining strict compliance with defense acquisition regulations and technical performance standards. She maintains longstanding relationships with prime contractors including SABRE SYSTEMS, LLC, THE BOEING COMPANY, SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, INC., and ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC., reflecting a preference for established defense aerospace and systems engineering firms with proven expertise in airborne platforms. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, risk mitigation, and performance-based acquisition strategies, often involving competitive sealed bidding and negotiated contracts for high-stakes, low-risk-tier systems requiring rigorous certification and test validation. Humiston’s procurement activity is exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. While she does not utilize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her focus remains on securing the highest technical capability and mission readiness, prioritizing contractor performance history and systems engineering proficiency over socioeconomic classifications. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), with significant activity in aircraft manufacturing (336411) and custom computer programming services (541511). She routinely acquires embedded flight systems, mission computers, sensor interfaces, and avionics integration services, demonstrating deep technical familiarity with airborne data networks, electronic attack systems, and legacy platform sustainment. Her expertise centers on the integration of next-generation technologies into naval aircraft architectures to maintain air dominance.