Gabriele Youngerman

Gabriele Youngerman serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), supporting the lifecycle management of advanced naval aviation systems. Responsible for managing complex acquisition programs, Youngerman specializes in the procurement of computer systems design services critical to the development, integration, and sustainment of mission-critical avionics, weapons systems, and logistics platforms. Her work directly enables NAVAIR’s strategic mission to maintain air superiority through modernized carrier-based and expeditionary aircraft capabilities, ensuring technical interoperability and operational readiness across Navy and Marine Corps aviation assets. Youngerman maintains consistent contracting relationships with leading defense aerospace prime contractors, including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics. These partnerships center on the design, engineering, and systems integration of next-generation aviation technologies, including unmanned aerial systems, sensor suites, and command-and-control architectures. Her procurement approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, performance-based contracting, and technical risk mitigation, fostering stable, high-performance supplier networks essential to sustaining naval air dominance. Youngerman’s contracting portfolio reflects a singular focus on full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued without set-aside preferences. This underscores a strategic alignment with NAVAIR’s requirement for specialized, large-scale technical capabilities that typically exceed the capacity of small business concerns, prioritizing mission-critical performance over socioeconomic categorization. While small business participation is not formally targeted, her awards remain compliant with all federal acquisition regulations and open to qualified vendors regardless of size or certification. Her primary procurement focus lies within NAICS 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services), encompassing systems engineering, software architecture, digital twin development, and embedded systems integration. Youngerman’s expertise spans the design and implementation of secure, real-time aviation computing environments, including mission systems software, data fusion platforms, and automated maintenance logistics systems essential to naval air operations.