Sheryl Marie Pope

Sheryl Marie Pope serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where she plays a critical role in executing complex acquisitions for advanced naval aviation systems. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of contract actions—from market research and solicitation development to award and administration—for mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare subsystems, and aircraft integration platforms. She supports the agency’s strategic priorities in modernizing airborne sensor suites and sustaining legacy aircraft systems, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and technical performance requirements. Her portfolio primarily encompasses engineering services, systems integration, and specialized manufacturing contracts essential to maintaining air superiority and fleet readiness. Pope maintains consistent working relationships with key industry partners 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 focus on high-technology defense contractors with proven expertise in airborne systems, mission software, and precision aerospace components. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, technical risk mitigation, and long-term sustainment planning, fostering collaborative relationships with vendors capable of delivering mission-critical capabilities under stringent military specifications. Her contracting patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 95% of awards issued without set-asides, reflecting the technical complexity and limited vendor base in naval aviation domains. Only 5% of her awards are designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a targeted, rather than broad, approach to small business participation aligned with mission necessity and capability requirements. Pope’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 488190 (Other Support Activities for Air Transportation) and 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), reflecting her expertise in aviation systems integration and hardware support. She also regularly procures custom computer programming services (NAICS 541511) and flight training solutions (NAICS 611512), demonstrating a broad technical domain spanning avionics software, embedded systems, and operational training infrastructure. Her work ensures the Navy’s air platforms remain technologically superior and operationally ready.