Dawn B Adamo

Dawn B. Adamo serves as a Contracting Officer within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), where she plays a pivotal role in executing the acquisition lifecycle for critical naval aviation systems. Responsible for soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts across the full spectrum of aircraft development and sustainment, she ensures alignment with NAVAIR’s mission to maintain air superiority through advanced technological integration. Her portfolio encompasses complex procurements for manned and unmanned aircraft, propulsion systems, avionics, and mission-critical support services, requiring deep technical understanding and rigorous compliance with DoD acquisition regulations. Adamo operates at the intersection of engineering innovation and contract execution, ensuring timely delivery of capabilities to the Navy and Marine Corps. Her primary contractor relationships are with industry leaders in aerospace and defense, including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, with whom she manages high-stakes, technically intricate contracts for platform development, systems integration, and lifecycle support. These partnerships are characterized by long-term collaboration, performance-based contracting, and rigorous oversight of technical deliverables. She also engages with specialized logistics and engineering service providers such as Global Air Logistics and Training, Inc., ensuring operational readiness through robust sustainment and training solutions. Dawn Adamo’s contracting portfolio reflects a strong emphasis on full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued without set-aside designations. This reflects a strategic focus on leveraging industry’s broadest capabilities to meet urgent operational needs, rather than prioritizing socioeconomic programs. While small business participation is not formally set-aside, she ensures fair access through open solicitations and transparent evaluation criteria. Her procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing), with significant activity in engine and auxiliary equipment manufacturing (336412, 336413), air transportation support (488190), and engineering services (541330). She specializes in procuring advanced airframes, flight control systems, mission systems, and technical engineering support essential to carrier-based and expeditionary aviation platforms.