Kelly E Lynch

Kelly E. Lynch serves as a Contract Specialist within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), where she plays a critical role in executing the lifecycle acquisition of naval aviation systems. She manages complex procurements spanning aircraft components, avionics, and mission-critical support services, ensuring alignment with NAVAIR’s mission to sustain and modernize carrier-based and expeditionary air fleets. Her work encompasses full-cycle contract management—from requirements validation and solicitation development to award and performance oversight—focusing on technical acquisitions that support air superiority, weapons integration, and logistics readiness for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Lynch maintains consistent contracting relationships with leading defense aerospace prime contractors, including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics. These partnerships center on the development and sustainment of advanced rotary-wing and unmanned aerial systems, sensor suites, and mission support infrastructure. Her procurement approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration, technical compliance, and performance-based contracting to ensure operational readiness and system interoperability across naval aviation platforms. Her contracting portfolio reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted without socioeconomic set-asides. This indicates a strategic focus on leveraging the broadest industrial base to meet mission-critical technical requirements, rather than directing awards toward 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her portfolio, she adheres to all federal acquisition regulations governing fair and transparent competition. Lynch’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing), reflecting deep expertise in airborne systems, avionics integration, and mission equipment. She also oversees support activities under NAICS 488190 and research efforts under 541720, demonstrating a multidisciplinary command over both hardware development and operational sustainment services essential to naval airpower.