Jack Dillon

Jack Dillon serves as a key procurement lead within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, responsible for managing complex acquisitions of advanced naval aviation systems. He plays a central role in executing the agency’s mission to modernize airborne sensor suites, electronic warfare capabilities, and mission-critical aircraft subsystems. His portfolio primarily encompasses full-life-cycle contracts for aircraft manufacturing, including integration of avionics, communications, and navigation technologies into next-generation platforms. Dillon oversees competitive and sole-source procurements aligned with strategic fleet readiness goals, ensuring technical compliance and operational interoperability across Navy and Marine Corps aviation platforms. He maintains long-standing 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 preference for established industry primes with proven expertise in aerospace systems integration, electronic warfare, and flight control subsystems. His contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, risk mitigation, and sustained support for high-complexity platforms, often requiring specialized engineering services and classified development environments. Dillon’s procurement activity shows no reliance on socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under open competition. This reflects the highly specialized, mission-critical nature of the systems acquired, where technical capability and security clearance requirements typically preclude participation by small business set-aside programs. While small business participation is not formally prioritized, vendors must still meet stringent performance and certification standards. His primary focus is on NAICS 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing), encompassing the design, integration, testing, and sustainment of manned and unmanned naval aircraft systems. He procures advanced mission systems including radar suites, electronic attack modules, data links, and embedded flight software—domains requiring deep aerospace engineering expertise and compliance with military aviation standards such as MIL-STD-1553 and DO-178C.