Major Pedro Collazo

Major Pedro Collazo serves as a key procurement lead within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, overseeing the acquisition of advanced naval aviation systems critical to air superiority and fleet readiness. He manages complex contracts for the development, integration, and sustainment of mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare suites, communications systems, and aircraft subsystems. His work directly supports the agency’s mission to modernize next-generation platforms, ensuring operational capability across legacy and emerging platforms. Collazo specializes in full lifecycle acquisition strategies, from concept definition through sustainment, with a focus on high-technology aerospace systems requiring rigorous testing and certification. He maintains longstanding partnerships with leading defense 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 deep technical collaboration on integrated avionics, sensor fusion, and mission system upgrades. Collazo consistently engages these prime contractors for systems engineering, prototyping, and fielded sustainment efforts, relying on their expertise in aerospace defense environments and DoD compliance frameworks. Collazo’s procurement portfolio reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued without set-asides. This indicates a strategic focus on technical capability and mission urgency over socioeconomic categorization, prioritizing proven performance and system interoperability. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in his portfolio, vendors of all sizes are evaluated strictly on technical merit and delivery reliability. His primary procurement focus lies within NAICS 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing), encompassing the acquisition of airborne systems including radar, electronic attack equipment, navigation suites, and data link integrations. He specializes in procuring high-reliability, military-specification hardware and software systems designed for hostile electromagnetic environments, demonstrating deep domain expertise in naval aviation technology lifecycle management.