Shauna Fitzgerald

Shauna Fitzgerald serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), supporting the lifecycle acquisition and sustainment of critical naval aviation systems. She manages complex contracts for aircraft components, avionics, and auxiliary equipment essential to maintaining air superiority for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Her work directly enables the modernization of carrier-based and expeditionary aircraft fleets, with a focus on technical integration, performance validation, and logistics readiness. Fitzgerald’s acquisitions span the full spectrum of procurement phases—from requirements definition through contract award and performance management—ensuring alignment with NAVAIR’s strategic objectives for fleet readiness and technological advancement. She maintains consistent, high-volume contracting relationships with leading defense aerospace prime contractors, including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics. These partnerships center on the development and sustainment of advanced rotorcraft, unmanned aerial systems, and integrated weapons platforms. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and long-term sustainment support, reflecting a preference for established industry leaders with proven capability in complex military aviation environments. Fitzgerald’s procurement portfolio is entirely open competition, with no set-asides applied to her awards, indicating a focus on mission-critical capabilities where technical superiority and industrial capacity outweigh socioeconomic preferences. This reflects NAVAIR’s operational imperative to prioritize performance, reliability, and scalability over socioeconomic classifications in high-stakes aviation programs. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing) and 336412 (Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing), underscoring deep expertise in airframe subsystems, propulsion components, flight control systems, and mission-critical avionics. She routinely procures precision-engineered hardware, embedded software, and support equipment integral to naval aircraft operability, demonstrating specialized knowledge in aerospace manufacturing standards and defense acquisition regulations.