Lori A Frame

Lori A. Frame serves as a Contracting Officer within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), responsible for managing the acquisition lifecycle of critical naval aviation systems. In her role at N-UCAS, she oversees complex engineering and technical service contracts essential to the research, development, testing, and sustainment of carrier-based and expeditionary aircraft, avionics, and mission-critical support systems. Her portfolio centers on ensuring operational readiness through timely, compliant, and strategically aligned procurements that align with NAVAIR’s mission to maintain air superiority and modernize the Navy and Marine Corps aviation fleet. She routinely handles full and open competitions under FAR and DFARS frameworks, focusing on high-impact, technically demanding acquisitions. Frame maintains consistent procurement relationships with leading defense contractors including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, all of which provide advanced aerospace systems, unmanned aerial platforms, and integrated mission support services. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical innovation, and lifecycle sustainment, fostering long-term partnerships with prime contractors capable of delivering complex, integrated solutions under stringent military specifications. Frame’s contracting activity is entirely focused on full and open competition, with no set-asides utilized in her portfolio. This reflects a strategic alignment with NAVAIR’s requirement for specialized technical capabilities that currently reside primarily within large, established defense industry partners with the scale and expertise to meet naval aviation’s demanding performance and security standards. Her procurement focus is exclusively under NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), underscoring her specialization in technical engineering support for aircraft systems, including systems integration, flight testing, avionics modernization, and sustainment engineering. She procures high-level engineering services critical to maintaining the technological edge of naval aviation platforms, requiring deep domain expertise in aerospace systems engineering and defense acquisition compliance.