Lara Chubb

Lara Chubb 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. Responsible for soliciting, negotiating, and administering complex contracts, she supports the modernization and sustainment of carrier-based aircraft, avionics, and mission-critical support systems. Her procurement portfolio primarily encompasses aircraft manufacturing and auxiliary equipment, ensuring alignment with NAVAIR’s strategic objectives to maintain air superiority and operational readiness across the Navy and Marine Corps. Chubb works closely with engineering and program management teams to translate technical requirements into enforceable contractual deliverables, emphasizing performance-based acquisition and risk mitigation in high-stakes defense environments. Chubb maintains consistent contracting relationships with leading defense prime contractors, including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, reflecting her focus on advanced aerospace systems and integrated mission platforms. Her engagements with these vendors involve long-term sustainment contracts, technical support agreements, and systems integration efforts requiring stringent compliance with military specifications. She also collaborates with specialized logistics and training providers such as Global Air Logistics and Training, Inc., ensuring operational readiness through comprehensive support ecosystems. Her working relationships are characterized by a focus on technical fidelity, schedule adherence, and supply chain resilience. Chubb’s contracting activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of her awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects NAVAIR’s operational imperative to leverage the broadest possible industrial base for mission-critical aviation systems, prioritizing technical capability and scale over socioeconomic set-asides. While small business participation is not formally structured in her portfolio, she ensures compliance with all applicable small business subcontracting requirements under prime contracts. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and NAICS 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing), underscoring her expertise in procuring flight control systems, propulsion components, avionics suites, and airframe subsystems. She specializes in acquisitions involving classified technologies, military certification standards, and rapid prototyping initiatives critical to next-generation naval aviation platforms.