Joshua Morgenstern

Joshua Morgenstern serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, supporting the development and sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems. He manages complex acquisitions for mission-critical aircraft subsystems, including avionics, electronic warfare suites, communications networks, and integrated sensor systems. His work directly enables the Navy’s strategic priorities in air superiority and fleet readiness, focusing on next-generation platforms requiring rigorous testing, engineering integration, and lifecycle sustainment. Morgenstern specializes in full-spectrum contract actions—from RFP development to award and performance oversight—ensuring technical compliance and operational efficacy across high-stakes defense programs. He maintains consistent partnerships 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 relationships reflect a preference for established industry leaders with proven capabilities in aerospace systems integration, mission systems engineering, and rapid prototyping. His contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, risk mitigation, and performance-based outcomes, often involving cost-reimbursement and time-and-materials instruments suited to R&D-intensive environments. Morgenstern’s procurement portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on accessing the broadest possible pool of technical expertise rather than socioeconomic set-asides, aligning with the specialized nature of naval aviation systems that demand highly qualified, large-scale industrial partners with deep domain knowledge. His primary focus is on NAICS 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing), encompassing the procurement of integrated flight systems, radar and electronic attack modules, data link architectures, and embedded mission computers. He specializes in acquisitions that bridge hardware development with software-defined capabilities, requiring deep familiarity with MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, and DoD cybersecurity standards for airborne platforms.