Karen Briscoe

Karen Briscoe serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, supporting the acquisition of advanced aviation systems critical to naval air superiority and fleet readiness. She manages complex contracting actions for mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare suites, navigation systems, and integrated aircraft subsystems, ensuring alignment with the Navy’s modernization priorities. Her work spans the full lifecycle of acquisitions—from requirements definition through contract award and performance oversight—focusing on high-technology platforms that enhance sensor integration, communications, and mission data processing. Briscoe’s role is central to translating operational needs into executable contracts that deliver cutting-edge capabilities to naval aviation units. She maintains consistent, long-term 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 expertise in aerospace systems integration, electronic combat technologies, and mission-critical hardware development. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and risk mitigation through proven vendor capabilities rather than experimental or unproven solutions. Briscoe’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, prioritizing mission capability and system performance over socioeconomic categorization. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in her portfolio, vendors of all sizes compete on technical merit and past performance. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 334511 for aeronautical and navigation systems and NAICS 334111 for electronic computer manufacturing. She regularly acquires airborne radar systems, digital signal processors, secure data links, flight control computers, and embedded mission systems—technologies that underpin next-generation naval aircraft platforms and sustain legacy fleet readiness.