Stacey M Thomas

Stacey M. Thomas serves as a Contract Specialist within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), where she plays a critical role in executing the lifecycle acquisition of naval aviation systems. Responsible for soliciting, negotiating, and administering complex contracts, she supports NAVAIR’s mission to modernize and sustain carrier-based and expeditionary aircraft, avionics, and mission-critical subsystems. Her portfolio primarily focuses on the procurement of other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment, ensuring alignment with technical specifications, operational readiness requirements, and defense acquisition regulations. She works closely with engineering, logistics, and program management teams to translate capability needs into enforceable contractual obligations that meet warfighter demands. Thomas maintains established working relationships with leading defense aerospace contractors, including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, all of which are key providers of advanced aviation systems and support infrastructure. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and long-term sustainment planning, fostering collaborative partnerships with prime contractors who deliver high-reliability components for naval aircraft fleets. She routinely engages with vendors on integrated logistics support, technical data packages, and configuration management, ensuring seamless integration of new and upgraded systems into existing naval aviation architectures. Thomas’s contracting activity is exclusively classified under the “No Set-Aside” category, reflecting a strategic focus on full and open competition to ensure access to the most capable and technologically advanced industrial base. While small business participation is not formally set-aside in her portfolio, she adheres to all applicable socioeconomic requirements and encourages small business subcontracting in accordance with federal guidelines. Her primary procurement specialization lies in NAICS 336413—Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing—where she acquires mission-critical components such as flight control actuators, avionics enclosures, electro-optical systems, and support equipment essential to naval air operations. Her technical expertise spans aerospace manufacturing standards, MIL-SPEC compliance, and defense supply chain resilience.