Kevin Schwertfeger

Kevin Schwertfeger serves as a key procurement lead within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, overseeing the acquisition of advanced avionics, communications, and mission-critical aircraft subsystems essential to naval air superiority. He manages complex contracting actions aligned with the agency’s mission to modernize airborne sensor suites, enhance electronic warfare capabilities, and sustain legacy platforms. His portfolio centers on high-technology systems integration, including radar, navigation, and secure data-link technologies, often requiring specialized engineering support and rapid prototyping. Schwertfeger’s work directly enables the Navy’s transition to next-generation airborne platforms through agile acquisition strategies and technical risk mitigation. He maintains consistent working relationships with leading defense contractors including SABRE SYSTEMS, LLC, THE BOEING COMPANY, SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, INC., and ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC. These partnerships reflect a blend of large-system integrators and niche technical providers, indicating a balanced approach to leveraging industry expertise across full lifecycle support—from R&D and systems engineering to test and sustainment. His contracting patterns suggest a preference for established vendors with proven capability in aerospace systems and electromagnetic spectrum operations. Schwertfeger exhibits a strong commitment to socioeconomic contracting, directing 100% of his acquisitions toward total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster innovation through agile small firms, ensuring broad participation from qualified small businesses without reliance on large business prime contractors. His pattern aligns with Department of the Navy mandates to expand small business access to high-tech defense procurements. His procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 511210 (Software Publishers), reflecting heavy investment in mission software, embedded systems, and data processing applications, and NAICS 334220 (Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing), indicating procurement of RF systems, secure comms hardware, and signal processing modules. His domain expertise lies in airborne electronic systems and software-defined architectures critical to modern naval aviation.