Rita A Pegg

Rita A. Pegg serves as a Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex acquisitions that support the development, testing, and sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems. Her responsibilities encompass the full lifecycle of contract management—from market research and solicitation to award and administration—for mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare systems, and aircraft subsystems. Pegg’s portfolio is strategically aligned with the agency’s mission to ensure air superiority through technological innovation, focusing on high-technical-risk procurements that integrate cutting-edge sensor suites, communications networks, and mission data systems into next-generation platforms. Pegg maintains established 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 long-term collaboration on engineering-intensive, systems integration, and sustainment contracts, often involving technical specifications requiring deep domain expertise in airborne platforms and mission-critical software. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting and risk mitigation through rigorous technical evaluation and contractor performance oversight. Her contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 76.9% of awards issued without set-aside, while maintaining a meaningful commitment to small business participation through Total Small Business Set-Asides (19.2%) and 8(a) competed awards (3.9%). This balance ensures access to innovative capabilities while preserving competitive integrity and mission readiness. Pegg’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), reflecting her dominance in acquiring systems engineering, integration, and technical analysis services. She also regularly procures other computer-related services and flight training support, demonstrating specialized expertise in avionics architecture, mission systems modernization, and aircraft subsystem sustainment within the naval aviation domain.