Margo J Thompson

Margo J. Thompson serves as a Purchasing Agent at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where she plays a critical role in executing mission-critical acquisitions for advanced naval aviation systems. Responsible for soliciting, evaluating, and awarding contracts across technical domains including avionics, electronic warfare, mission systems, and aircraft sustainment, she ensures timely delivery of capabilities that support air superiority and fleet readiness. Her procurement activities align with the agency’s strategic imperatives to modernize airborne sensor suites and integrate next-generation communications and navigation subsystems into legacy and emerging platforms, operating within strict federal acquisition regulations and defense contracting protocols. Thompson maintains consistent working relationships with key defense 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 preference for established prime contractors with proven expertise in aerospace systems integration, radar and EW technologies, and mission-critical hardware manufacturing. Her contracting patterns indicate a reliance on experienced industry partners capable of delivering complex, high-assurance technical solutions under rigorous military specifications and compliance standards. Her procurement portfolio reflects a 100% no set-aside preference, indicating a focus on full and open competition rather than socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her award strategy, she ensures all procurements adhere to federal transparency and competition requirements, enabling qualified vendors of all sizes to compete on technical merit and performance capability. Thompson’s acquisitions center on defense-related technical services and engineered systems, with deep specialization in NAICS categories associated with aircraft system development, electronic warfare, and avionics integration. She routinely procures hardware, software, and test services supporting radar, signal processing, mission computing, and aircraft sustainment—domains requiring stringent DoD compliance, security clearances, and technical validation protocols. Her expertise lies in bridging operational requirements with industrial capacity to deliver mission-ready aviation systems.