Joanne M. Neppach

Joanne M. Neppach serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where she plays a critical role in acquiring advanced aviation systems essential to maintaining naval air superiority. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle management of complex procurements for avionics, mission-critical aircraft subsystems, and electronic warfare technologies. Neppach specializes in sole-source and competitive acquisitions under the Department of the Navy’s acquisition framework, ensuring compliance with federal regulations while delivering technically sophisticated solutions that support fleet modernization and legacy system sustainment. She works closely with engineering and program offices to translate operational requirements into enforceable contract terms that mitigate risk and ensure technical performance. Neppach maintains consistent contracting 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 expertise in airborne sensor integration, communications architecture, and aircraft auxiliary equipment manufacturing. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical credibility, past performance, and system interoperability, often resulting in long-term, performance-based agreements that support continuous system upgrades and sustainment. Neppach’s procurement portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic alignment with the agency’s mission to prioritize technical capability and readiness over socioeconomic preferences, ensuring access to the most capable vendors in the aerospace and defense sector. Her primary focus lies within NAICS 488190 (Other Support Activities for Air Transportation) and 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), indicating deep specialization in aviation support services and non-standard aircraft component procurement. She routinely acquires mission-critical hardware and software systems including radar integration modules, data link terminals, and electronic countermeasure assemblies, demonstrating strong technical fluency in naval aviation domains.