Lorna D. Taylor

Lorna D. Taylor serves as a Contract Specialist within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), where she plays a critical role in executing the lifecycle acquisition of naval aviation systems. She manages complex procurements for aircraft components, avionics, and supporting logistics infrastructure, ensuring alignment with NAVAIR’s mission to maintain air superiority through advanced, sustainment-ready platforms. Her work spans the full acquisition lifecycle—from requirements validation and market research to contract award and performance monitoring—focusing on high-technology, mission-critical systems that support carrier-based and expeditionary naval aviation operations. Taylor maintains consistent contracting relationships with leading defense aerospace primes, including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, partnering with firms that deliver advanced rotary-wing and fixed-wing platforms, unmanned aerial systems, and mission-critical avionics. Her procurement approach emphasizes technical rigor and performance-based contracting, often engaging vendors with proven expertise in military-grade systems integration and sustainment support. She works closely with these contractors to ensure compliance with defense standards and timely delivery of capabilities essential to fleet readiness. Taylor’s contracting portfolio reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under no set-aside classifications. This indicates a strategic focus on leveraging the broadest industrial base to meet complex technical requirements, with minimal reliance on socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. Her approach prioritizes capability, reliability, and industrial capacity over socioeconomic criteria. Her primary NAICS focus is on 336413—Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing—reflecting deep specialization in procuring precision-engineered components, flight control systems, and support equipment for naval aircraft. She also manages acquisitions under 336411—Aircraft Manufacturing—demonstrating expertise in end-item procurement for fixed-wing and rotary platforms. Her technical domain centers on naval aviation systems integration, propulsion subcomponents, and mission systems sustainment.