Kelli Ryan

Kelli Ryan serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex procurements to support the development, testing, and sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems. She manages the full lifecycle of acquisitions for mission-critical avionics, flight control subsystems, diagnostic instrumentation, and maintenance infrastructure, ensuring alignment with Navy readiness objectives. Her work directly enables the integration of next-generation technologies into carrier-based and land-based aircraft platforms, requiring deep technical understanding and strict adherence to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) protocols for defense-related contracts. Ryan maintains long-standing partnerships with leading defense contractors including Lockheed Martin Corporation, BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., and PCI Aviation LLC, among others. These relationships are characterized by collaborative technical engagement, performance-based contracting, and rigorous oversight of deliverables tied to aerospace systems integration. She routinely negotiates firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursement contracts for high-assurance hardware and software solutions, often involving classified or controlled technical data under ITAR and DFARS requirements. Her procurement portfolio is overwhelmingly dominated by open competitions, with 96.1% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions, reflecting the specialized, high-technical nature of the requirements. Only 3.9% of awards are designated as total small business set-asides, indicating a focus on capability over socioeconomic preference, though small business participation is still considered where technically viable. Ryan’s primary NAICS focus areas include Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336413), Other Computer Related Services (541519), and Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515). She specializes in procuring precision test equipment, embedded systems, flight data recorders, and industrial maintenance services critical to sustaining naval airpower readiness.