Gerald Bingham

Gerald Bingham serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where he plays a pivotal role in executing complex acquisitions for advanced naval aviation systems. His responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle of contract management—from requirements definition and source selection to award administration and performance oversight—ensuring alignment with the agency’s mission to modernize airborne sensor suites, electronic warfare capabilities, and mission-critical avionics. Bingham specializes in high-technical-acquisition programs involving integrated aircraft subsystems, including navigation, guidance, and communications systems, often supporting developmental and sustainment efforts for next-generation naval platforms. He maintains consistent 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 are characterized by long-term, mission-critical collaborations centered on engineering integration, systems testing, and technical sustainment. Bingham’s approach emphasizes technical rigor, performance-based contracting, and rigorous compliance with defense acquisition regulations to ensure operational readiness and system interoperability. Bingham’s procurement portfolio reflects a strict focus on full and open competition, with 100% of his acquisitions issued without set-asides. While he does not routinely utilize socioeconomic programs such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB, his contracting decisions prioritize technical capability, past performance, and mission-critical expertise over socioeconomic preferences. His primary industry focus is NAICS 334511—Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing—reflecting deep expertise in procuring precision avionics, radar systems, electronic countermeasures, and mission computer architectures. He consistently supports acquisitions involving embedded systems, signal processing, and secure data link technologies essential to air superiority and fleet-wide operational effectiveness.