Jaclyn Porter

Jaclyn Porter serves as a primary procurement lead within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, overseeing the acquisition of advanced avionics, electronic warfare systems, and mission-critical aircraft subsystems essential to naval air superiority. She plays a central role in executing the agency’s mission to modernize airborne sensor suites and sustain legacy platforms through technically complex contracts spanning research, development, testing, and integration. Her acquisitions focus on high-assurance systems requiring rigorous compliance with military specifications, often involving classified environments and DoD cybersecurity standards such as NIST SP 800-53 and RMF. Porter maintains consistent partnerships 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 relationships reflect a blend of prime contractor collaboration for integrated system delivery and specialized vendor engagement for niche components like RF communications hardware and embedded avionics. Her procurement approach emphasizes technical capability, past performance, and supply chain resilience, frequently leveraging Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) and Other Transaction Authority (OTA) instruments to accelerate innovation. While the majority of her acquisitions are unrestricted, she actively supports small business participation through Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting a deliberate strategy to foster competition and innovation among qualified small firms. Her contracting patterns show minimal reliance on 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, instead prioritizing broad small business eligibility under standard competitive procedures. Her primary NAICS focus lies in Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing, with significant activity in Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment Manufacturing and Computer-Related Services. She procures mission-critical hardware including radar interfaces, secure data links, electronic countermeasure systems, and embedded computing platforms, demonstrating deep expertise in airborne communication architectures and DoD electronics integration.