Jessica Roach

Jessica Roach serves as a key procurement lead within the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (N61340), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to modernize and sustain advanced aviation training systems. She manages the acquisition of mission-critical simulation platforms, immersive training environments, and integrated avionics infrastructure essential for pilot and aircrew readiness. Her portfolio encompasses complex systems engineering contracts, including live-virtual-constructive (LVC) training architectures, mission rehearsal systems, and curriculum-enabled training devices. Roach plays a central role in ensuring the timely delivery of technologically advanced training solutions aligned with naval aviation operational requirements. Her primary contractor relationships are anchored with STRACON SERVICES GROUP, LLC and FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL INC, both of which provide high-fidelity flight simulators, synthetic training environments, and mission-specific training solutions. Roach consistently engages these vendors for large-scale, integrated system acquisitions requiring rigorous performance validation and lifecycle sustainment support. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, technical oversight, and long-term partnership models to ensure system interoperability and operational continuity across naval aviation platforms. Roach’s contracting activity shows no preference for socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on technical capability and mission readiness over socioeconomic classifications, prioritizing proven performance and system fidelity in a domain where operational safety and training realism are non-negotiable. Her procurement focus centers on defense training systems, including NAICS categories related to simulation and training devices, avionics integration, and defense software development. She specializes in acquiring next-generation training technologies such as distributed mission operations (DMO) systems, augmented reality-based cockpit trainers, and real-time data-driven analytics platforms that enhance aircrew proficiency and combat readiness.