Stephanie N. Dunlap

Stephanie N. Dunlap serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), supporting the acquisition and lifecycle sustainment of critical naval aviation systems. She manages complex contracts for aircraft manufacturing, avionics integration, and technical support services essential to maintaining air superiority for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Her work directly enables NAVAIR’s mission to modernize carrier-based and expeditionary aircraft fleets, ensuring operational readiness through rigorous lifecycle management of platforms, weapons systems, and supporting logistics infrastructure. Dunlap routinely handles competitive procurements under FAR Part 15, with a focus on performance-based contracting and systems engineering support. Her primary contractor relationships are with industry leaders in aerospace and defense, including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, reflecting her involvement in high-visibility platforms such as rotary-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial systems, and advanced weapons integration. She also collaborates with specialized logistics and training providers like Global Air Logistics and Training, Inc., ensuring comprehensive support for fleet sustainment and crew readiness. Her contracting patterns emphasize long-term strategic partnerships with prime contractors capable of delivering integrated solutions across design, testing, and sustainment phases. Dunlap’s procurement portfolio reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 96.9% of awards issued without set-asides, consistent with NAVAIR’s emphasis on leveraging industrial base capacity for mission-critical capabilities. Only 3.1% of 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 programmatic needs and technical complexity. Her technical focus centers on NAICS 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing) and 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), underscoring her expertise in procuring airframes, propulsion components, and mission systems. She also oversees engineering and surveying services (NAICS 541330 and 541370) critical to design validation, flight testing, and geospatial support, demonstrating a multidisciplinary approach to naval aviation acquisition.