Karin Quagliato

Karin Quagliato serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance naval aviation readiness through research, development, test, and evaluation of mission-critical aircraft systems. She manages complex acquisitions for specialized avionics, flight control instrumentation, diagnostic equipment, and maintenance infrastructure essential to next-generation naval airpower. Her work ensures timely delivery of high-integrity components that meet stringent military performance and safety standards, directly enabling operational capability for naval aircraft platforms. Quagliato maintains longstanding relationships with leading defense and aerospace contractors including Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration, PCI Aviation, Critical Communications, Controls and Instruments, and Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on technically sophisticated suppliers capable of delivering custom-engineered solutions for aircraft systems integration, sensor calibration, and real-time data acquisition. Her contracting approach emphasizes collaboration with vendors possessing deep domain expertise in military aviation environments, fostering innovation through sustained, performance-based engagements. Her procurement portfolio is predominantly open competition, with 83.3% of awards issued without set-aside designations, indicating a strong emphasis on technical merit and capability over socioeconomic preferences. However, she consistently allocates 16.7% of opportunities to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured but active commitment to small business participation within high-technology domains where specialized expertise is critical. Quagliato’s primary NAICS focus areas include 811219 (other personal and household goods repair and maintenance), 336413 (other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing), and 334515 (instrument manufacturing for measuring and testing electrical signals), reflecting her specialization in flight test instrumentation, diagnostic systems, and precision control hardware. She routinely procures mission-critical components such as data acquisition units, avionics test benches, and flight control actuators, requiring deep technical understanding of aerospace engineering standards and DoD compliance frameworks.