Lisa Castelli

Lisa Castelli serves as a key procurement lead within the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (N61340), responsible for managing acquisitions that advance naval aviation training capabilities. She oversees the acquisition of engineering services critical to the development, modernization, and sustainment of immersive simulation systems, mission-critical avionics, and integrated training environments for naval aircrews. Her portfolio centers on high-fidelity tactical training solutions, including synthetic training devices, curriculum-integrated analytics, and real-time mission rehearsal systems. Castelli ensures that acquisitions align with the Department of the Navy’s strategic goals for enhancing pilot readiness through cutting-edge, interoperable training infrastructure. She maintains enduring relationships with core contractors including STRACON SERVICES GROUP, LLC and FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL INC, both of which provide specialized engineering, systems integration, and flight training simulation services. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term partnerships with vendors possessing deep domain expertise in military aviation training systems, often engaging them through performance-based, requirements-driven contracts that prioritize technical innovation and lifecycle support. These relationships are built on sustained collaboration across multiple contract vehicles to deliver scalable, field-proven training solutions. Castelli exhibits a balanced commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with an equal split between open competition and total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. She consistently prioritizes small business participation, ensuring qualified small entities have equitable access to high-impact engineering contracts, without reliance on other set-aside programs such as 8(a) or HUBZone. Her pattern reflects a deliberate focus on capability over size, while actively fostering a competitive small business ecosystem within the training systems sector. Her procurement activities are exclusively focused on NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), reflecting a narrow but deep specialization in systems engineering, simulation architecture, and avionics integration for naval aviation. She procures advanced training system design, software-defined training environments, and embedded analytics platforms—all critical to sustaining next-generation aircrew readiness across the maritime domain.