Rhonda Garcia

Rhonda Garcia serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, supporting the development, testing, and sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on avionics, electronic warfare systems, mission-critical aircraft subsystems, and next-generation sensor integration. Her work directly enables the agency’s mission to maintain air superiority and operational readiness across the fleet, ensuring that cutting-edge technologies are rapidly fielded and sustainably maintained. She handles complex contract actions spanning research, development, engineering services, and specialized manufacturing, often coordinating with technical stakeholders to align procurement outcomes with operational requirements. Garcia 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 reflect a preference for established industry leaders with proven capabilities in systems integration, software-defined avionics, and precision instrumentation. Her contracting patterns emphasize technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and long-term sustainment support, often resulting in multi-year task orders and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicles that ensure continuity of critical aviation capabilities. While the majority of her acquisitions—approximately 90%—are conducted without set-asides, she consistently allocates about 10% of her portfolio to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured commitment to small business participation. Her approach prioritizes capability over size, ensuring that small businesses are engaged where their niche expertise aligns with mission needs, particularly in specialized engineering and training domains. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 541512 (Computer Systems Design Services) and 541519 (Other Computer Related Services), reflecting strong demand for software-defined mission systems and embedded computing solutions. She also actively procures professional training services under 611430 and specialized instrumentation under 334515, underscoring her technical expertise in avionics testing, electronic signal measurement, and workforce development for advanced naval aviation platforms.