Constance M. Salisbury

Constance M. Salisbury serves as a Contract Specialist within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), where she plays a critical role in executing the lifecycle acquisition of naval aviation systems. Responsible for managing complex procurement actions from solicitation through contract award and administration, she supports the Navy and Marine Corps’ mission to maintain air superiority through the development and sustainment of advanced aircraft, weapons, and avionics. Her portfolio primarily encompasses full-spectrum acquisitions for aircraft manufacturing and auxiliary equipment, ensuring technical compliance, regulatory adherence, and operational readiness across carrier-based and expeditionary platforms. Salisbury maintains consistent working relationships with leading defense prime contractors including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, engaging with these partners on high-priority programs involving rotary-wing and fixed-wing platforms, unmanned aerial systems, and mission-critical avionics. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical risk mitigation, and long-term sustainment planning, fostering collaborative partnerships grounded in mission alignment and industrial capability. Her procurement activities reflect a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued without set-aside designations. This underscores a strategic focus on leveraging the broadest industrial base to meet urgent operational requirements, rather than targeting socioeconomic categories such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. Her primary NAICS focus lies in 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing) and 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), indicating deep expertise in procuring airframes, propulsion systems, flight control components, and integrated avionics suites. She specializes in acquisitions requiring rigorous defense standards, including MIL-SPEC compliance, configuration control, and logistics support integration, ensuring that contracted systems meet the demanding operational environments of naval aviation.