Priscilla Ibanez

Priscilla E. Ibanez serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where she plays a critical role in acquiring advanced aviation systems essential to maintaining naval air superiority. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle management of complex procurements for mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare subsystems, and aircraft integration services. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning contracting actions with the agency’s strategic priorities in modernizing airborne sensor suites and sustaining legacy platforms. Ibanez routinely handles competitive and sole-source acquisitions for high-technology aerospace systems, emphasizing technical rigor, risk mitigation, and timely delivery to support fleet readiness. She maintains consistent 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 span systems integration, software development, and specialized manufacturing of aircraft components. Ibanez fosters collaborative procurement environments that encourage innovation and technical excellence, often engaging contractors early in the requirements definition phase to ensure solution alignment with operational needs and interoperability standards. Ibanez’s contracting portfolio reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued without set-asides. While she does not prioritize socioeconomic programs such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB, her approach emphasizes technical capability and mission suitability over socioeconomic classifications, ensuring the Navy receives the most capable and reliable solutions for its high-stakes aviation programs. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing), with significant activity in 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services). She specializes in procuring embedded avionics, mission computer systems, communication and navigation modules, and software-defined radio technologies, demonstrating deep expertise in airborne electronics and systems engineering domains.