Regina K Lewis

Regina K. Lewis serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex acquisition strategies for advanced naval aviation systems. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle management of contracts for mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare suites, communications architectures, and aircraft subsystems essential to maintaining air superiority and fleet readiness. She specializes in securing technical solutions through competitive and sole-source mechanisms, ensuring alignment with Department of Defense acquisition regulations and operational requirements. Her work directly supports the modernization of airborne sensor systems and the sustainment of legacy platforms, bridging technical innovation with compliant procurement practices. Lewis maintains strong, long-term 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 are characterized by deep technical collaboration, iterative requirement development, and rigorous performance oversight. She routinely engages these vendors on high-stakes, systems-integration contracts requiring specialized engineering expertise, rapid prototyping, and secure data handling, fostering a procurement environment grounded in trust, accountability, and mission alignment. Her contracting portfolio reflects a strict preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her awards issued under no set-aside classifications. This indicates a focus on selecting the most capable and technologically advanced providers regardless of business size, prioritizing mission effectiveness over socioeconomic categorization. While small business participation is not structurally mandated in her portfolio, she remains compliant with all federal requirements and may incorporate small businesses as subcontractors where technical needs align. Lewis’s procurement focus centers on high-end aerospace and defense systems, particularly in the domains of airborne sensors, electronic warfare, mission computing, and integrated avionics. She regularly manages contracts under NAICS categories related to aircraft manufacturing, defense electronics, and systems engineering services, demonstrating deep familiarity with technical specifications for naval aircraft modernization and sustainment programs.