Heidi Faller

Heidi Faller serves as a Contract Specialist within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), where she plays a critical role in executing complex acquisitions for naval aviation systems across the lifecycle—from development and testing to sustainment and logistics support. She specializes in procuring advanced aircraft components, avionics, and engineering services essential to maintaining air superiority for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Her work directly supports NAVAIR’s mission to modernize carrier-based and expeditionary aircraft fleets, ensuring operational readiness through timely, compliant, and technically sound contracting actions. She routinely manages competitive and sole-source procurements under FAR and DFARS frameworks, with a focus on high-technology, mission-critical systems. Faller maintains consistent working relationships with leading defense contractors including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, partnering with industry leaders capable of delivering advanced aerospace systems, unmanned aerial platforms, and integrated mission equipment. Her procurement patterns reflect deep collaboration with prime contractors who possess proven technical capabilities in naval aviation integration, sustainment, and rapid prototyping. These relationships are characterized by long-term strategic alignment, technical rigor, and adherence to defense acquisition best practices. Faller’s contracting activity shows a 100% preference for unrestricted, open competition, with no set-asides designated for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic categories. This reflects the highly specialized, mission-essential nature of the systems she procures, where technical expertise and industrial base capacity often necessitate large-scale, established defense contractors with full-spectrum capabilities. Her primary NAICS focus areas—335999 (Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment), 541330 (Engineering Services), and 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment)—reveal a specialization in avionics integration, systems engineering, and precision manufacturing of aircraft subsystems. She consistently engages vendors with deep domain expertise in naval aviation platforms, ensuring procurement aligns with technical specifications for carrier compatibility, electronic warfare resilience, and mission-critical reliability.