Susan M Norton

Susan M. Norton serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex acquisitions for advanced naval aviation systems. She manages the full lifecycle of contracts supporting the development, testing, and sustainment of mission-critical avionics, electronic warfare suites, and aircraft subsystems. Her work directly enables the agency’s mission to maintain air superiority through rapid technological integration and legacy system modernization. Norton specializes in engineering and technical services contracts, ensuring compliance with DoD acquisition regulations while aligning procurement strategies with operational readiness goals. She maintains longstanding relationships with leading defense contractors 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 preference for established industry leaders with proven capabilities in aerospace systems integration, software development, and specialized manufacturing. Norton consistently engages these vendors on high-technical-risk procurements requiring rigorous test and evaluation protocols, systems engineering support, and rapid prototyping. While the majority of her acquisitions—approximately 91%—are conducted as full and open competitions, she demonstrates targeted support for small business participation, with nearly 9% of awards designated for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses. This reflects a deliberate effort to incorporate niche capabilities from qualified SDVOSB firms without compromising mission-critical performance requirements. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), with significant activity in custom computer programming (541511), aircraft parts manufacturing (336413), and air transportation support (488190). She routinely procures technical services related to avionics integration, mission system software, and auxiliary aircraft equipment, demonstrating deep expertise in the technical domains of airborne sensors, electronic warfare, and flight control systems.