Sarah Landers

Sarah Landers serves as a key procurement lead within the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, overseeing the acquisition of advanced aviation training systems critical to naval aircrew readiness. She manages a portfolio focused on the development, modernization, and sustainment of immersive simulation environments, tactical combat training platforms, and mission-critical avionics infrastructure. Her work directly supports the Department of the Navy’s strategic imperative to enhance pilot proficiency through high-fidelity, integrated training solutions. Landers routinely handles complex, performance-based contracts for hardware and software systems that integrate real-time data analytics, synthetic environments, and human-in-the-loop testing protocols. Her primary contractor relationships are anchored by STRACON SERVICES GROUP, LLC, and FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL INC, both of which provide specialized simulation hardware, flight training device integration, and curriculum-aligned training solutions. Landers fosters long-term, performance-driven partnerships with these industry leaders, emphasizing technical compliance, systems interoperability, and lifecycle sustainment. While she maintains a narrow set of core vendors, her procurement approach prioritizes proven capability over market competition, ensuring operational continuity and system fidelity across naval aviation platforms. Landers does not utilize socioeconomic set-asides; all acquisitions are conducted as full and open competitions, reflecting a mission-first approach that prioritizes technical readiness and system interoperability over socioeconomic preferences. This consistent pattern underscores a focus on mission-critical performance over programmatic diversity requirements. Her procurement activity is exclusively aligned with NAICS 333310, Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing, indicating deep specialization in the acquisition of high-end training devices, flight simulators, and embedded avionics systems. She procures turnkey training systems that combine physical mockups, real-time data feeds, and synthetic mission scenarios, demonstrating expertise in defense-specific simulation technology and human-system integration.