Joanna L Schwab

Joanna L. Morris serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex acquisitions for advanced naval aviation systems. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle of contract management—from requirements definition and source selection to award and administration—for mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare subsystems, and aircraft integration platforms. She supports the agency’s strategic mission to modernize airborne sensor suites and sustain legacy aircraft systems by ensuring timely, compliant, and technically sound procurement outcomes. Her portfolio primarily includes high-technology aerospace and engineering services acquisitions aligned with Navy air dominance objectives. Morris maintains consistent working relationships with leading defense contractors including SABRE SYSTEMS, LLC, THE BOEING COMPANY, SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, INC., and ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC. These partnerships reflect a preference for established industry leaders with proven capabilities in aircraft systems integration, mission software development, and precision component manufacturing. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and risk mitigation through rigorous evaluation of past performance and technical proposals. Her procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of her awards conducted under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on accessing the broadest possible pool of technical expertise rather than socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing capability and readiness over socioeconomic classification in mission-critical domains. Her primary NAICS focus areas include 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing), underscoring her specialization in procuring flight-critical hardware, avionics modules, guidance subsystems, and auxiliary equipment for naval aircraft. She also regularly engages engineering services under 541330 to support systems integration, test and evaluation, and sustainment engineering—demonstrating deep technical fluency in airborne systems architecture and defense acquisition compliance.