Heidi Daly

Heidi Daly serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), supporting the acquisition and sustainment of critical naval aviation systems. She manages complex contract actions for advanced aircraft components and auxiliary equipment, ensuring alignment with NAVAIR’s lifecycle management objectives for carrier-based and expeditionary aviation platforms. Her work directly enables the modernization of naval airpower by facilitating the timely delivery of mission-critical hardware, avionics, and support infrastructure to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Daly’s portfolio is centered on technical procurement activities that require deep domain knowledge in aerospace engineering and logistics integration. She maintains consistent working relationships with industry leaders such as Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, partnering with prime contractors who deliver high-performance aerospace systems and mission-specific payloads. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term sustainment partnerships with vendors capable of supporting integrated logistics, technical data packages, and rapid fielding of upgrades. These relationships are built on performance reliability, technical compliance, and adherence to defense acquisition regulations, with a focus on mission readiness and system interoperability. Daly’s procurement activities reflect a strict preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued without set-asides. This indicates a strategic emphasis on leveraging the broadest possible industrial base to meet demanding technical requirements, rather than prioritizing socioeconomic programs. Her approach underscores the mission-critical nature of the systems she supports, where performance, scalability, and national security imperatives take precedence over socioeconomic targeting. Her primary focus lies in NAICS 336413—Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing—where she procures specialized components including flight control systems, mission avionics, weapons integration hardware, and support equipment for naval aircraft. Her technical expertise spans aerospace manufacturing standards, military specifications, and sustainment supply chain logistics, ensuring that procured systems meet rigorous naval aviation certification and operational requirements.