Miriam E Bonk

Miriam E. Bonk serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, supporting the development, testing, and sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems. She manages a diverse portfolio of technical acquisitions focused on engineering services, avionics integration, electronic warfare systems, and mission-critical aircraft subsystems. Her work directly enables the Navy’s strategic priorities in air superiority and fleet readiness, ensuring that cutting-edge technologies are fielded efficiently and in alignment with operational requirements. Bonk typically handles complex, performance-based contracts requiring rigorous technical evaluation and systems engineering support. She maintains established working relationships 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 partnerships reflect a balanced approach between large prime contractors delivering integrated systems and specialized firms providing niche engineering and technical analysis. Bonk’s contracting patterns emphasize long-term collaboration with vendors possessing deep domain expertise in airborne sensor suites, communications architectures, and legacy platform sustainment. Her procurement strategy prioritizes open competition, with approximately 75% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions. However, she consistently supports small business participation, allocating nearly 25% of contracts to small business set-asides, including Total Small Business and 8(a) competed awards. This reflects a deliberate effort to foster innovation and expand the supplier base while maintaining technical rigor. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), where she procures systems engineering, test and evaluation, and technical analysis services. She also regularly acquires professional scientific services under 541990 and specialized aircraft subsystems under 336411, demonstrating strong expertise in avionics, electronic warfare, and mission systems integration across both new and legacy naval aircraft platforms.