Donna Marie Kracinovich

Donna Marie Kracinovich serves as a Contracts Specialist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex procurement actions to support the development, testing, and sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems. She manages the full lifecycle of acquisitions for mission-critical avionics, flight control subsystems, diagnostic instrumentation, and maintenance infrastructure, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and alignment with NAWCAD’s strategic objectives to enhance naval airpower readiness. Her expertise spans technical contracting for high-performance aerospace systems, requiring deep collaboration with engineering and program management teams to define requirements and mitigate risk in RDT&E environments. Kracinovich maintains longstanding partnerships with leading defense contractors including Lockheed Martin Corporation, BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., PCI Aviation LLC, Critical Communications, Controls and Instruments, LLC, and Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC. These relationships are characterized by sustained engagement on technically demanding, low-volume, high-specification procurements requiring specialized engineering support and rapid prototyping capabilities. Her approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, clear statement of work development, and rigorous technical evaluation to ensure contractor deliverables meet rigorous military aviation standards. Her contracting portfolio reflects a strong preference for unrestricted competitions, with 85.7% of awards issued without set-asides, indicating a focus on accessing the broadest pool of qualified industrial capabilities. When small business participation is pursued, it is primarily through Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, with minimal use of HUBZone or other socioeconomic programs, suggesting a strategic alignment with technical complexity over socioeconomic targeting. Her primary NAICS focus areas include Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336413), Commercial and Industrial Machinery Repair and Maintenance (811310), and Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing (332312), underscoring her specialization in procuring precision-engineered components, diagnostic test equipment, and support systems for naval aircraft. She consistently engages with suppliers capable of meeting stringent military specifications for durability, reliability, and interoperability in harsh operational environments.