Karamie L. Platt

Karamie L. Platt serves as a primary contracting professional within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), playing a pivotal role in the acquisition and lifecycle management of naval aviation systems. She oversees the procurement of critical aircraft components and auxiliary equipment essential to maintaining air superiority for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Her responsibilities include managing complex contract vehicles for high-performance aviation hardware, ensuring technical compliance, and aligning acquisitions with NAVAIR’s strategic modernization goals for carrier-based and expeditionary aircraft platforms. Platt’s work directly supports the sustainment and upgrade of avionics, propulsion subsystems, and mission-critical airframe components across the fleet. Her procurement portfolio is heavily concentrated with prime contractors including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics—industry leaders in rotary-wing aircraft, strike fighter systems, and unmanned aerial platforms. These relationships reflect a consistent reliance on established defense aerospace primes with proven track records in delivering advanced, mission-qualified systems under stringent military specifications. Platt’s contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and long-term sustainment partnerships with vendors capable of supporting rapid fielding and fleet readiness. Platt’s contracting activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic prioritization of technical capability, operational urgency, and industrial base readiness over socioeconomic preferences, consistent with NAVAIR’s mission-critical procurement posture. Her primary focus lies in NAICS 336413—Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing—indicating deep specialization in procuring precision-engineered components such as flight control actuators, avionics enclosures, weapons integration hardware, and support equipment for naval aircraft. Her expertise centers on high-reliability, military-specification manufacturing environments where compliance with MIL-STD and DO-160 standards is non-negotiable.