Joshua Hirtz

Joshua Hirtz serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), supporting the lifecycle acquisition and sustainment of critical naval aviation systems. He specializes in managing complex contracts for aircraft components, avionics subsystems, and auxiliary equipment essential to maintaining air superiority for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. His work directly supports NAVAIR’s mission to modernize carrier-based and expeditionary aircraft fleets through end-to-end acquisition planning, source selection, and contract administration. Hirtz routinely handles high-technical-value procurements under the Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing NAICS category, ensuring compliance with defense acquisition regulations and operational readiness requirements. Hirtz maintains consistent contracting relationships with leading defense aerospace prime contractors, including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics. These partnerships focus on the integration of advanced flight systems, mission-critical avionics, and sustainment logistics for rotary- and fixed-wing platforms. He also collaborates with specialized logistics and training providers such as Global Air Logistics and Training, Inc., to ensure comprehensive support infrastructure. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical risk mitigation, and long-term sustainment planning with trusted industry partners. Hirtz’s procurement portfolio reflects a strict focus on full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued under no set-aside classifications. This underscores a strategic alignment with NAVAIR’s requirement for maximum technical capability and industrial base readiness, prioritizing mission-critical performance over socioeconomic preferences. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in his portfolio, his acquisitions remain accessible to all qualified vendors capable of meeting stringent military specifications. His primary technical domain centers on NAICS 336413, encompassing the procurement of aircraft subsystems including flight control actuators, sensor interfaces, power distribution units, and mission system integration hardware. Hirtz’s expertise lies in acquiring precision-engineered components critical to the operational integrity of naval aircraft, demonstrating deep familiarity with defense aviation standards and supply chain resilience requirements.