Sarah Landers

Sarah Landers serves as a key procurement lead within the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, where she manages the acquisition of advanced simulation, avionics, and mission-critical training systems essential to naval aviation readiness. She oversees the full lifecycle of contracts for immersive training environments, tactical flight simulators, and integrated avionics infrastructure, ensuring alignment with the Navy’s modernization priorities. Her work directly supports the development and sustainment of next-generation training platforms that enhance pilot and aircrew proficiency across complex maritime operational scenarios. Landers specializes in complex, technology-driven acquisitions requiring rigorous systems engineering and validation protocols. Landers maintains long-standing partnerships with core contractors including STRACON SERVICES GROUP, LLC, and FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL INC, both of which provide high-fidelity simulation hardware, synthetic training environments, and curriculum-integrated training solutions. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical interoperability, and lifecycle support, fostering collaborative relationships with vendors who can deliver scalable, secure, and mission-certified systems. She frequently engages with contractors possessing deep domain expertise in aviation training systems and defense-grade software integration. Landers’ procurement portfolio reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of awards issued under no set-aside categories. While she does not prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her focus remains on technical capability and mission readiness, ensuring that all contracts are awarded based on merit, compliance, and system performance rather than socioeconomic criteria. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 513210 (Software Publishers) for mission-critical training software, 334511 (Aeronautical and Nautical Systems Manufacturing) for avionics and sensor integration, 541715 (R&D in Physical Sciences) for advanced modeling and simulation development, and 333310 (Commercial Machinery Manufacturing) for training system hardware. Landers’ expertise centers on acquiring integrated, high-fidelity training ecosystems that bridge synthetic environments with real-world operational demands.