Elizabeth T. Chandler

Elizabeth T. Chandler serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, supporting the development and sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems. She manages complex acquisitions for mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare subsystems, and integrated communications architectures, ensuring operational readiness across next-generation aircraft platforms. Her work directly enables the agency’s strategic priorities in modernizing airborne sensor suites and sustaining legacy systems through technically rigorous contracting processes. Chandler specializes in engineering services, systems integration, and computer-related technical support contracts, often coordinating across multidisciplinary technical teams to align procurement strategy with operational requirements. She maintains established relationships with leading defense and aerospace contractors 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 consistent pattern of engaging prime contractors with proven expertise in airborne system integration, software-defined radio technologies, and mission-critical software development. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and lifecycle sustainment, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in technical excellence and mission alignment. Chandler exhibits a strong commitment to small business participation, with 37.5% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. While the majority of her portfolio remains open to all competitors, she actively prioritizes opportunities for small businesses with demonstrated capability in systems engineering, software development, and avionics support—ensuring broad industry participation without compromising technical standards. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541519 (Other Computer Related Services) and 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services), reflecting deep expertise in software-intensive aviation systems, mission data processing, and embedded computing solutions. She also regularly procures engineering services under NAICS 541330 and specialized information services under NAICS 511210, underscoring her technical domain knowledge in digital interoperability, signal processing, and airborne network modernization.