Rebecca Magelitz

Rebecca Magelitz serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), supporting the lifecycle acquisition and sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems. She manages complex contracting actions for research, development, and manufacturing of mission-critical aircraft platforms, avionics, and integrated weapons systems. Her work directly enables NAVAIR’s mission to maintain air superiority through the modernization of carrier-based and expeditionary aviation assets, ensuring operational readiness across the Navy and Marine Corps. She typically handles full and open competitive procurements under the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, with a focus on technical and engineering services as well as production-scale manufacturing contracts. Magelitz maintains consistent contracting relationships with industry leaders including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, partnering with prime contractors who deliver advanced rotary-wing and fixed-wing platforms, unmanned aerial systems, and mission-critical avionics. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, systems integration, and long-term sustainment support, often coordinating with engineering and logistics teams to align contractual deliverables with operational requirements. These partnerships reflect a pattern of working with established defense primes capable of meeting stringent military specifications and rapid prototyping timelines. Magelitz’s contracting portfolio is entirely focused on full and open competition, with no set-asides applied to her awards. This reflects NAVAIR’s strategic emphasis on leveraging the broadest industrial base to meet urgent capability gaps and technical complexity, prioritizing technical excellence and scale over socioeconomic preferences. While small business participation is not formally targeted in her portfolio, she ensures compliance with all applicable subcontracting plan requirements for large prime contractors. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541715 (R&D in physical and engineering sciences) and 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing), underscoring her expertise in advanced aerospace systems development. She procures cutting-edge technologies including flight control systems, radar integration, electronic warfare suites, and propulsion modifications, demonstrating deep familiarity with defense acquisition cycles and technical specifications governing naval aviation platforms.