Tamie Haines

Tamie Haines serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), supporting the lifecycle acquisition and sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems. She is deeply involved in the planning, solicitation, and award of contracts for next-generation aircraft, weapons integration, and mission-critical avionics, ensuring alignment with the Navy and Marine Corps’ strategic modernization goals. Her work directly enables the operational readiness of carrier-based and expeditionary air platforms, with a focus on end-to-end systems acquisition from development through depot-level maintenance and logistics support. Haines maintains consistent working relationships with industry leaders such as Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, partnering with prime contractors capable of delivering complex, high-performance aerospace systems. These collaborations are characterized by long-term, performance-based contract structures, including cost-plus and fixed-price incentive arrangements, designed to manage technical risk and ensure timely delivery of mission-essential capabilities. Her procurement approach emphasizes technical rigor, risk mitigation, and supplier accountability across the defense industrial base. Her contracting portfolio reflects a strict focus on full and open competition, with no set-asides applied to her awards. This indicates a preference for leveraging the full capacity of qualified large-scale defense contractors capable of meeting the stringent performance, security, and scalability requirements of naval aviation programs. While small business participation is not formally structured into her acquisition strategy, her reliance on established primes ensures robust subcontracting opportunities across the broader defense supply chain. Haines specializes exclusively in NAICS 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing), procuring manned and unmanned tactical aircraft, propulsion systems, flight control architectures, and integrated weapons suites. Her domain expertise centers on carrier-capable platforms, electronic warfare systems, and advanced sensor integration, requiring deep familiarity with military specifications, defense standards, and aerospace certification protocols. Her work ensures the Navy maintains air superiority through cutting-edge, sustainment-ready aviation platforms.