Olivia Bossert

Olivia Bossert serves as a primary contracting professional within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), overseeing the acquisition of critical engineering services to support the lifecycle management of naval aviation systems. She plays a central role in executing the agency’s mission to modernize carrier-based and expeditionary aircraft, avionics, and weapons systems through technically complex, performance-based contracts. Her portfolio is focused exclusively on engineering services, ensuring that design, analysis, testing, and sustainment activities meet rigorous military standards for airworthiness and operational readiness. Bossert’s work directly enables NAVAIR’s strategic objectives by bridging cutting-edge technical requirements with efficient procurement execution. Her primary contractor relationships are with industry leaders in aerospace and defense engineering, including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics. These partnerships reflect a reliance on large prime contractors with deep expertise in systems integration, flight systems engineering, and advanced avionics development. While she engages extensively with these established defense contractors, her procurement strategy is intentionally structured to prioritize small business participation, ensuring that even high-complexity engineering tasks incorporate qualified small business subcontractors and teaming arrangements. Bossert maintains a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside preference across all her acquisitions, consistently directing contracts to small businesses certified under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate and comprehensive commitment to socioeconomic contracting goals, enabling small firms to compete for high-value engineering work without size restrictions. Her approach fosters a robust small business ecosystem within the naval aviation supply chain, empowering niche technical providers to contribute to mission-critical programs. Her procurement focus is singularly centered on NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), encompassing systems engineering, flight dynamics modeling, avionics integration, and test and evaluation support. She specializes in procuring technical services that underpin the development and sustainment of next-generation naval aircraft, with deep domain expertise in aerospace systems engineering and defense acquisition best practices.