Kendra Taylor

Kendra Taylor serves as a key procurement lead within the Commanding Officer (N63394) of the Department of the Navy, responsible for managing acquisitions that sustain and modernize naval aviation and electronic warfare systems. She oversees the procurement of mission-critical aerospace components, advanced electronic assemblies, sensor technologies, and cybersecurity-enabled communications infrastructure, ensuring operational readiness across naval aircraft platforms. Her work directly supports the Navy’s strategic imperative to maintain technological superiority in contested environments through rapid integration of next-generation avionics and electronic attack systems. Taylor maintains a focused partnership with leading defense and aerospace primes, most notably AEROSPACE & COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC and LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, who deliver high-assurance systems for electronic warfare, radar integration, and secure data links. Her contracting approach prioritizes established industry partners with proven track records in delivering complex, classified, and ruggedized hardware and software solutions under stringent military specifications. These relationships are characterized by long-term contract performance, iterative technology refresh cycles, and close collaboration on engineering change proposals. There is no preference for socioeconomic set-asides; all acquisitions are competed broadly under full and open competition, reflecting a mission-critical focus on technical capability over socioeconomic criteria. This approach ensures access to the highest-tier technical expertise required for classified and time-sensitive programs, with no awards designated for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other small business categories. Her procurement activity is exclusively aligned with NAICS 541519 (Other Computer Related Services), emphasizing advanced systems engineering, software integration, mission systems testing, and cybersecurity services for naval aircraft platforms. She specializes in procuring embedded firmware development, real-time signal processing, secure communication protocols, and digital thread-enabled sustainment solutions that support the lifecycle of airborne electronic warfare suites and sensor fusion architectures.