Kimberly Bailey

Kimberly Bailey serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, supporting the acquisition of advanced aviation systems critical to naval air superiority and fleet readiness. She manages complex engineering and technical service contracts focused on the integration of next-generation avionics, electronic warfare systems, mission-critical sensors, and communication subsystems. Her work directly enables the modernization and sustainment of naval aircraft platforms, ensuring operational capability across current and future airframes. Bailey’s acquisitions are primarily engineering services-driven, aligning with the agency’s mission to advance airborne technology through rigorous testing, analysis, and system integration. She maintains consistent, long-term 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 preference for established industry leaders with proven expertise in aerospace systems engineering, systems integration, and technical analysis. Her contracting patterns emphasize performance-based outcomes, technical rigor, and mission-critical delivery timelines, often involving sole-source or limited-competition pathways due to the specialized nature of the capabilities required. Kimberly Bailey’s procurement portfolio exhibits no set-aside preferences, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on technical excellence and mission necessity over socioeconomic targeting, prioritizing capability over vendor classification. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in her portfolio, all acquisitions adhere to federal acquisition regulations and competitive fairness standards. Her primary procurement focus is exclusively under NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), encompassing systems engineering, avionics integration, electronic warfare analysis, and mission systems sustainment. She procures high-assurance technical services for airborne sensor development, signal processing, navigation system upgrades, and legacy platform modernization, demonstrating deep expertise in naval aviation engineering domains.