George Rivers

George B. Rivers serves as a key procurement lead within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, supporting the development, testing, and sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems. He manages complex acquisitions for mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare subsystems, and aircraft integration technologies, ensuring alignment with the Navy’s strategic modernization goals. His portfolio encompasses both new capability development and legacy system sustainment, requiring deep technical oversight and risk-managed contracting approaches across the lifecycle of airborne platforms. Rivers operates at the intersection of engineering innovation and acquisition policy, facilitating timely delivery of high-priority capabilities to the fleet. He maintains sustained working relationships with leading defense 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 balance between large prime integrators and specialized niche suppliers, with a focus on firms capable of delivering advanced sensor suites, communications architectures, and mission system components. His contracting patterns emphasize technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and long-term sustainment support, often involving multiple-phase contract structures such as CPFF and FFP arrangements. Rivers demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with nearly 40% of his awards structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. He also regularly utilizes 8(a) competed contracts, reflecting a deliberate strategy to foster innovation from disadvantaged small businesses while maintaining competitive rigor. His socioeconomic contracting patterns prioritize broad-based small business engagement across the defense industrial base, particularly among firms with niche expertise in avionics and mission systems. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), with significant activity in engineering services (541330) and computer-related services (541519). He routinely acquires advanced avionics, radio frequency systems, and embedded computing components, demonstrating deep technical familiarity with airborne sensor integration, electronic attack systems, and mission data processing architectures.