Lara Chubb

Lara Chubb serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), supporting the acquisition and lifecycle sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems critical to U.S. Navy and Marine Corps operational readiness. She manages complex contracts for the development, testing, and maintenance of guided missile systems, carrier-based aircraft, and associated avionics and logistics infrastructure. Her work directly enables NAVAIR’s mission to maintain air superiority through the integration of next-generation aerospace technologies, ensuring platforms remain technologically superior and operationally viable across extended service lives. Chubb routinely collaborates with industry leaders including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, engaging with prime contractors who deliver high-performance defense systems ranging from rotary-wing platforms to unmanned aerial vehicles and precision-guided munitions. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term partnerships with established defense aerospace primes, fostering technical alignment and program continuity across multi-year acquisition cycles. These relationships are built on rigorous performance standards and systems engineering integration requirements essential to naval aviation operations. Her procurement portfolio reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with no set-aside awards recorded, indicating a focus on technical capability and mission-critical performance over socioeconomic classifications. This pattern underscores a prioritization of system readiness and industrial base capacity, particularly where specialized expertise and national security considerations outweigh traditional small business set-aside objectives. Chubb’s primary procurement focus lies within NAICS 336414 (Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing) and 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing), reflecting deep specialization in weapons systems integration, flight control architectures, and airborne sensor suites. She routinely oversees contracts for radar-evading munitions, missile defense interceptors, and advanced flight systems, demonstrating expertise in high-stakes, technology-intensive defense acquisition domains.