Diane McCauley

Diane McCauley serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), supporting the lifecycle acquisition and sustainment of naval aviation systems critical to U.S. Navy and Marine Corps operational readiness. She manages complex contracting actions spanning aircraft components, avionics, and mission-critical support services, ensuring alignment with NAVAIR’s strategic modernization goals. Her work directly enables the fielding and maintenance of carrier-based and expeditionary aircraft platforms, with a focus on technical integration, logistics infrastructure, and systems sustainment. She operates within a high-stakes acquisition environment requiring strict compliance with defense procurement regulations and lifecycle management protocols. McCauley maintains consistent working relationships with industry leaders including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, partnering with prime contractors to deliver advanced aerospace systems, unmanned aerial platforms, and integrated mission equipment. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes and long-term sustainment partnerships, often involving technical collaboration on system upgrades, retrofitting, and mission-specific modifications. She frequently engages with specialized logistics and training providers such as Global Air Logistics and Training, Inc., ensuring operational continuity through integrated support solutions. McCauley’s procurement portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on leveraging the broadest possible industrial base to meet mission-critical performance requirements, with no formal preference for 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides. While small business participation is not structurally prioritized in her portfolio, she ensures compliance with all applicable small business subcontracting plan requirements. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), with significant activity in avionics and navigation systems (334511), as well as custom computer programming and systems design services (541511, 541512). She specializes in procuring mission-critical hardware, software integration, and air transportation support services essential to maintaining air superiority and expeditionary aviation capabilities.