Jeanette Gauthier

Jeanette Gauthier supports the Fleet Readiness Center’s mission to sustain and modernize U.S. Navy aviation and maritime combat systems through strategic procurement of maintenance, technical, and digital solutions. While her formal title is not listed, her procurement activities center on securing critical repair, logistics, and software services essential to fleet readiness. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on avionics maintenance, technical documentation modernization, and industrial equipment servicing, ensuring naval aircraft and mission-critical systems remain operational and technologically current. Her work directly enables the Center’s priorities in predictive maintenance and digital transformation. Gauthier maintains consistent partnerships with key contractors including CrankWorks, Inc., Furnacare Inc., and Carteret Fire Control, LLC, all of which provide specialized industrial repair, thermal management, and fire control system support. These relationships reflect a preference for established vendors with deep domain expertise in naval aviation maintenance and legacy system modernization. Her contracting patterns indicate a reliance on proven technical partners capable of delivering complex, mission-essential services under tight operational timelines. Her procurement approach prioritizes open competition, with 87.5% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions, reflecting a focus on technical capability over socioeconomic categorization. However, she consistently allocates 12.5% of opportunities to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured but deliberate commitment to small business participation without compromising mission-critical performance requirements. Gauthier’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 811310 (industrial machinery repair), 513210 (software publishing), and 541614 (logistics and process consulting). She frequently acquires digital technical documentation systems, avionics overhaul services, and supply chain optimization solutions, underscoring her expertise in integrating software-enabled maintenance workflows and industrial logistics into naval aviation sustainment operations.