Leanne Mattingly

Leanne I. Mattingly serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), supporting the lifecycle acquisition and sustainment of critical naval aviation systems. She manages complex contracting actions for advanced aircraft components, avionics, communications equipment, and engineering services essential to maintaining air superiority for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Her work directly enables NAVAIR’s mission to modernize carrier-based and expeditionary platforms, ensuring operational readiness through timely and compliant acquisition of mission-critical technologies. Mattingly maintains longstanding relationships with industry leaders including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, partnering with prime contractors who deliver integrated aerospace systems, unmanned aerial platforms, and mission-critical avionics. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes and systems integration, frequently engaging vendors with proven expertise in aerospace engineering, electronic warfare, and logistics support. These partnerships are characterized by long-term sustainment contracts and technology refresh initiatives aligned with naval aviation modernization priorities. Her procurement portfolio reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 84.6% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions, indicating a focus on technical capability and mission need over socioeconomic classifications. Nevertheless, she consistently supports small business participation, with 15.4% of awards designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a balanced commitment to both innovation and economic opportunity. Mattingly’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS categories related to communications equipment manufacturing (334290), aeronautical system instrumentation (334511), and aircraft parts manufacturing (336413). She routinely acquires advanced radio frequency systems, navigation and guidance sensors, and auxiliary aviation equipment, underscoring her technical expertise in electronic systems integration and defense communications infrastructure. Her work ensures that naval aircraft remain equipped with cutting-edge, interoperable technologies essential to 21st-century maritime air operations.