Demetrice N Parker

Demetrice Parker serves as a Contracting Specialist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where she plays a pivotal role in acquiring mission-critical systems that enhance naval aviation readiness and air superiority. Her portfolio centers on the development, integration, and sustainment of advanced avionics, electronic warfare subsystems, and mission-critical aircraft technologies. Parker manages full lifecycle procurements under FAR and DFARS guidelines, with a focus on complex engineering and systems design contracts that support next-generation naval platforms. She ensures alignment with the agency’s strategic priorities in modernizing airborne sensor suites and sustaining legacy systems through agile, risk-managed contracting approaches. Parker maintains strong, ongoing relationships with key industry partners 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 balanced mix of large prime contractors delivering integrated systems and specialized firms providing niche engineering and technical services. Her contracting patterns emphasize collaborative, performance-based acquisition strategies that prioritize technical innovation, systems integration, and long-term sustainment support. A staunch advocate for small business participation, Parker consistently structures procurements to maximize opportunities under the Total Small Business Set-Aside category, with approximately two-thirds of her contracts reserved for small businesses under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate and sustained commitment to socioeconomic contracting goals, fostering growth among qualified small firms capable of delivering high-precision technical services in defense aviation domains. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services) and NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), underscoring her expertise in acquiring software-intensive systems, avionics architecture design, mission system integration, and technical analysis services. Parker’s work directly enables the development of secure, interoperable airborne capabilities critical to naval air operations and future fleet modernization.