Jennifer Liese

Jennifer Liese serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), supporting the acquisition and lifecycle sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems. She plays a critical role in executing complex contract actions for aircraft manufacturing and integrated avionics platforms, ensuring alignment with the Navy and Marine Corps’ operational readiness goals. Her work centers on full-spectrum acquisition activities—from initial requirements validation through contract award and performance oversight—focusing on high-priority programs involving carrier-based and expeditionary aircraft, weapons integration, and mission-critical support systems. Liese’s expertise lies in managing technically demanding procurements that require strict adherence to defense acquisition regulations and aerospace industry standards. She maintains consistent, long-term relationships with prime contractors including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, all of which are leading providers of military aircraft, unmanned systems, and mission systems integration. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, systems engineering rigor, and supply chain resilience, often involving multi-year, milestone-driven contract structures. These partnerships reflect a preference for established defense aerospace primes with proven track records in delivering high-reliability aviation platforms under stringent military specifications. Liese’s procurement portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards conducted under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on leveraging the broadest industrial base to meet mission-critical performance, security, and interoperability requirements, with no formal preference for 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides. While small business participation is not structurally prioritized in her portfolio, she ensures compliance with all applicable subcontracting reporting and small business utilization goals as mandated by federal acquisition policy. Her primary focus is on NAICS 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing), encompassing the procurement of manned and unmanned naval aircraft, propulsion systems, flight control hardware, and associated avionics suites. She specializes in acquisitions involving advanced radar, electronic warfare systems, and integrated logistics support, demonstrating deep technical fluency in aerospace engineering domains and defense systems integration.