Jessica L McGee

Jessica L. McGee serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), supporting the acquisition and lifecycle sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. She manages complex contracting actions for next-generation aircraft platforms, avionics, weapons integration, and mission-critical logistics infrastructure, ensuring alignment with NAVAIR’s strategic modernization goals. Her work directly enables air superiority through timely delivery of technologically advanced systems, with a focus on carrier-based and expeditionary aviation capabilities. McGee operates within a high-stakes defense acquisition environment, navigating stringent compliance frameworks to deliver mission-ready capabilities while maintaining fiscal accountability and operational readiness. McGee maintains consistent, high-impact relationships with leading defense prime contractors including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, partnering with them on the procurement of manned and unmanned aerial systems, precision-guided munitions, and integrated mission support services. Her contracting patterns reflect deep collaboration with industry leaders capable of delivering cutting-edge aerospace technologies under tight developmental timelines. She frequently engages contractors with proven track records in systems integration, flight certification, and sustainment support, fostering long-term partnerships grounded in technical excellence and performance-based acquisition principles. McGee demonstrates a strong and deliberate commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with 75% of her awards structured as 8(a) competed contracts. This pattern underscores her active promotion of small business participation, particularly among disadvantaged entrepreneurs with specialized capabilities in aerospace manufacturing and defense logistics. Her consistent use of the 8(a) program reflects a strategic effort to cultivate innovation and capacity within the small business industrial base while ensuring competitive rigor and mission-critical performance standards. Her procurement focus is exclusively aligned with NAICS 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing), encompassing the full spectrum of naval aviation system development—from airframe production and propulsion integration to avionics and weapons system compatibility. She specializes in procuring advanced platforms such as rotary-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, and associated support equipment, requiring deep technical understanding of military aviation standards, MIL-SPEC compliance, and systems engineering processes.