Linda Loving

Linda Loving serves as a key procurement lead within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, overseeing the acquisition of mission-critical computing infrastructure and data services that enable advanced naval aviation systems. Her work directly supports the integration of next-generation avionics, electronic warfare suites, and mission-critical data architectures across fleet platforms. She manages a high-volume portfolio of contracts focused on secure computing environments, real-time data processing, and cloud-enabled mission systems, ensuring technical alignment with the Navy’s modernization priorities in airborne sensor fusion and networked warfare. Loving maintains consistent partnerships with leading defense and aerospace contractors including SABRE SYSTEMS, LLC, THE BOEING COMPANY, SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, INC., and ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC. These relationships are characterized by long-term technical collaboration, with contractors providing specialized expertise in airborne data systems, cybersecurity-enabled computing platforms, and mission software integration. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes and systems interoperability across legacy and emerging platforms. She exhibits a steadfast commitment to small business participation, directing 100% of her acquisitions toward total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to cultivate innovation from agile vendors capable of delivering tailored computing infrastructure and data processing solutions. Her procurement patterns prioritize socioeconomic inclusion, ensuring that small businesses play a central role in sustaining the Navy’s technological edge. Her primary focus lies in NAICS 518210, encompassing computing infrastructure providers, data processing, and web hosting services essential to naval aviation operations. She procures secure cloud-hosted environments, edge computing nodes, mission data pipelines, and real-time analytics platforms that underpin sensor fusion, electronic attack systems, and tactical communications. Her domain expertise centers on the operational integration of IT infrastructure into high-integrity, low-latency airborne systems.