Josephine Scully

Josephine A. Scully 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 work directly supports the agency’s mission to develop, test, and sustain next-generation airborne platforms, with a focus on avionics, electronic warfare, communications, and mission-critical subsystems. She manages the full lifecycle of contracts under FAR and DFARS guidelines, primarily handling research and development, engineering services, and specialized equipment procurement to ensure operational readiness across the fleet. Her acquisitions are mission-critical, requiring deep technical understanding and rigorous compliance with defense acquisition protocols. Scully 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 aerospace systems integration, signal processing, and mission systems engineering. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical risk mitigation, and long-term sustainment support, fostering collaborative relationships built on technical credibility and regulatory compliance. While the majority of her acquisitions—84.6%—are unrestricted, she actively supports small business participation through Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a deliberate commitment to expanding the defense industrial base. Her socioeconomic contracting patterns reflect a balanced approach: prioritizing technical excellence while ensuring opportunities for qualified small businesses in high-demand technical domains. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 334220 (radio and wireless communications equipment) and 541330 (engineering services), with significant activity in 334511 (aeronautical system and instrument manufacturing). She routinely procures advanced avionics architectures, radar and navigation systems, electronic warfare countermeasures, and mission data processing hardware—domain expertise that aligns closely with the Navy’s modernization imperatives in airborne sensing and networked warfare.