Judith A Dastis

Judith A. Dastis serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex acquisitions to support the development, test, and sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle of contract management—from solicitation and source selection to award and administration—focusing on high-technology aerospace and avionics components critical to fleet readiness. She specializes in procuring mission-critical systems including flight control instrumentation, diagnostic tools, and specialized aircraft subsystems, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and technical performance requirements. Dastis maintains longstanding relationships with prime contractors including Lockheed Martin Corporation, BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., PCI Aviation LLC, Critical Communications, Controls and Instruments, LLC, and Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC. These partnerships reflect her focus on integrating cutting-edge engineering solutions from established defense industry leaders with deep expertise in avionics, sensor systems, and mission-critical instrumentation. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, risk mitigation, and performance-based outcomes, fostering collaborative vendor engagement to meet stringent naval aviation standards. Her procurement portfolio is overwhelmingly non-set-aside, with 91.4% of awards issued under full and open competition, reflecting the specialized nature of the technologies required. Nevertheless, she consistently allocates 8.6% of opportunities to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured commitment to small business participation without compromising mission-critical capabilities. Dastis’s primary NAICS focus areas include 334519 (Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing) and 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), underscoring her specialization in precision instrumentation, flight data acquisition systems, and non-standard aircraft components. Her expertise lies in procuring highly engineered, low-volume, high-reliability systems used in test ranges, flight simulators, and in-service aircraft sustainment, requiring deep technical understanding of aerospace standards and electronic control architectures.