Teri L Berrian

Teri L. Berrian serves as Contracting Officer and Team Lead at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where she oversees the acquisition of mission-critical aviation systems essential to naval air superiority and fleet readiness. In this role, she manages complex procurements spanning advanced avionics, electronic warfare subsystems, and legacy platform sustainment, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations and alignment with the Navy’s modernization priorities. Her portfolio includes high-technical-risk contracts requiring rigorous systems engineering, test and evaluation support, and integration of next-generation sensor and communications architectures into manned and unmanned aircraft platforms. Berrian maintains longstanding partnerships 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 relationships reflect a focus on prime contractors with proven expertise in aerospace systems integration, mission software development, and specialized manufacturing of aircraft components. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical risk mitigation, and collaborative lifecycle management to support sustained operational capability. While the majority of her acquisitions—85.7%—are conducted without set-asides, she consistently allocates 14.3% to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a deliberate commitment to expanding opportunities for qualified small businesses in high-technical domains. Her socioeconomic strategy prioritizes broad-based small business participation without favoring specific categories, ensuring competitive sourcing while maintaining mission-critical performance standards. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), followed by engineering and computer systems design services (NAICS 541330 and 541512). She regularly acquires custom avionics hardware, embedded software, mission systems integration, and cybersecurity-enabled communications solutions, reflecting deep technical expertise in airborne system architecture and defense electronics procurement.