Maija L. Harris

Maija L. Harris serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where she plays a pivotal role in procuring mission-critical aviation systems that support air superiority and fleet readiness. She manages the full lifecycle of complex acquisitions for advanced avionics, electronic warfare subsystems, and mission-critical instrumentation, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and alignment with the Navy’s modernization priorities. Her work directly enables the integration of next-generation sensor suites, navigation systems, and communications architectures into naval aircraft platforms, bridging technical requirements with contractual execution. Harris maintains consistent procurement relationships 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 partnerships reflect a focus on high-technical-capability vendors capable of delivering precision-engineered hardware, systems integration, and engineering services for classified and unclassified aviation programs. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical rigor, and long-term sustainment support for legacy and emerging platforms. Her procurement portfolio reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted without set-asides, indicating a focus on technical merit and capability over socioeconomic classifications. While small business participation is not structurally prioritized in her portfolio, she ensures fair and transparent competition across all eligible vendors, aligning with the agency’s mission to procure the most capable solutions for national defense. Harris specializes in procurements under NAICS 334513 and 334515, focusing on the manufacturing of industrial measurement and electrical testing instruments, as well as NAICS 541330 for engineering services. Her expertise spans the acquisition of flight control systems, signal processing hardware, and embedded software solutions that support airborne sensor fusion, electronic attack, and mission data management, reflecting deep technical fluency in naval aviation systems engineering.