Patricia A Cornett

Patricia A. Cornett serves as a Supervisory Procurement Contracting Officer at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where she oversees the acquisition of mission-critical aviation systems and technical services essential to maintaining naval air superiority. In this leadership role, she directs the planning, solicitation, and award of complex contracts for advanced avionics, electronic warfare systems, and aircraft subsystem integration, ensuring alignment with the Navy’s modernization priorities and operational readiness goals. Her portfolio encompasses high-stakes engineering and systems integration acquisitions that support next-generation platforms, requiring deep technical acumen and rigorous compliance with federal acquisition regulations. Cornett maintains sustained partnerships 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 relationships reflect a preference for established industry leaders with proven expertise in airborne sensor development, mission systems engineering, and technical support services. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical validation, and long-term sustainment, fostering collaborative, trust-based vendor engagements grounded in mission-critical delivery requirements. While the majority of her acquisitions are unrestricted, Cornett consistently allocates nearly 29% of her portfolio to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a deliberate commitment to expanding small business participation in advanced naval aviation programs. Her socioeconomic strategy prioritizes small businesses with relevant technical capabilities, particularly those qualified in engineering and systems analysis, rather than targeting specific socioeconomically disadvantaged categories. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), which accounts for half of her portfolio, alongside specialized contracts in instrument manufacturing for electrical testing, mission-critical software development, and aviation support services. This reflects her domain expertise in avionics integration, electronic systems testing, and airborne data architecture—areas critical to sustaining and modernizing the Navy’s fleet of tactical aircraft.