Jessica Norris

Jessica Norris serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), supporting the lifecycle acquisition and sustainment of naval aviation systems critical to U.S. Navy and Marine Corps operational readiness. She specializes in the acquisition of advanced aircraft components and auxiliary equipment, managing contracts that ensure the integrity, performance, and modernization of carrier-based and expeditionary aviation platforms. Her work directly supports NAVAIR’s mission to maintain air superiority through the end-to-end management of avionics, propulsion systems, and mission-critical hardware, with a focus on technical rigor and lifecycle cost efficiency. Norris maintains consistent contracting relationships with industry leaders including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, all of which are primary providers of high-performance aerospace systems and integrated mission equipment. Her procurement approach emphasizes long-term partnerships with prime contractors possessing deep technical expertise in military aviation, often coordinating complex, multi-year sustainment and modernization efforts. These relationships are built on proven delivery capabilities, systems integration experience, and adherence to stringent defense quality standards. Norris’s contracting activity reflects a strict focus on full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued without set-aside designations. This underscores a procurement strategy prioritizing technical capability and mission necessity over socioeconomic preferences, aligning with NAVAIR’s requirement for high-assurance, mission-critical systems that demand specialized engineering expertise not typically available within small business pools. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 336413—Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing—encompassing avionics subsystems, flight control components, weapons integration hardware, and support equipment for naval aircraft. She specializes in procuring technically complex, low-volume, high-reliability components critical to aircraft survivability, mission effectiveness, and fleet sustainment, demonstrating deep domain expertise in military aerospace systems engineering and acquisition compliance.