Kimberly Wayland

Kimberly Wayland serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, supporting the development, testing, and sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems. She manages complex acquisitions for mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare subsystems, and next-generation airborne sensor suites, ensuring alignment with the Navy’s strategic priorities in air superiority and fleet readiness. Her work spans the full acquisition lifecycle—from requirements definition to contract award and administration—focusing on high-technology, defense-specific systems that integrate communications, navigation, and mission data processing into legacy and next-generation aircraft platforms. She operates within a highly technical procurement environment requiring deep domain expertise in aerospace and defense electronics. Wayland maintains consistent contracting 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 capabilities in advanced avionics integration, electronic warfare system modernization, and mission system sustainment. Her contracting patterns emphasize technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and long-term sustainment support, often involving complex engineering services and specialized hardware procurement. Her procurement activity shows no reliance on socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a mission-driven focus on technical capability over socioeconomic criteria, prioritizing the most qualified vendors capable of meeting stringent defense performance standards. Wayland’s acquisitions are exclusively classified under NAICS 423690, indicating a singular focus on the procurement of other electronic parts and equipment merchant wholesalers. She specializes in sourcing advanced electronic components, subsystems, and integrated modules essential to airborne radar, signal processing, and communication systems, demonstrating deep expertise in the technical procurement of mission-critical aerospace electronics.