Kathleen M. Feely

Kathleen M. Feely serves as a Contract Specialist within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), where she plays a critical role in executing the acquisition lifecycle for naval aviation systems. Responsible for soliciting, negotiating, and awarding contracts, she ensures compliance with federal procurement regulations while supporting NAVAIR’s mission to develop, test, and sustain advanced aircraft and avionics for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Her portfolio primarily encompasses complex procurements for aircraft manufacturing, propulsion systems, and mission-critical avionics components, often involving technical specifications aligned with defense standards and lifecycle sustainment requirements. Feely maintains consistent contracting relationships with leading defense aerospace primes, including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, reflecting her focus on high-performance, mission-essential systems. Her work involves deep technical collaboration with contractors to meet stringent performance, reliability, and integration benchmarks for carrier-based and expeditionary platforms. These partnerships are typically long-term, performance-based, and centered on delivering integrated solutions for next-generation naval airpower, including unmanned systems and weapons integration. Her contracting activity is exclusively conducted under open competition, with no set-asides applied to her portfolio, indicating a strategic emphasis on leveraging the full industrial base to meet operational readiness goals. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her award patterns, her procurement approach remains fully compliant with all socioeconomic requirements, ensuring transparency and fair competition across the defense supply chain. Feely’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing), reflecting her specialization in airframe components, flight control systems, and support equipment for fixed-wing and rotary-wing platforms. She also engages with NAICS 334511 for advanced navigation and sensor systems, demonstrating technical fluency in integrating avionics, radar, and electronic warfare suites into naval aviation platforms.