Theresa A. T. Mason

Theresa A. T. Mason serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, where she plays a pivotal role in securing advanced avionics, flight control systems, and diagnostic instrumentation critical to naval aviation readiness. She manages the full lifecycle of complex technical acquisitions under FAR and DFARS guidelines, ensuring compliance with defense procurement standards while supporting the development and sustainment of next-generation aircraft systems. Her work directly enables the agency’s mission to test, evaluate, and field high-performance aerospace technologies through strategic sourcing of mission-critical components. Mason maintains long-standing partnerships with leading defense and aerospace contractors, including Lockheed Martin Corporation, BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., and PCI Aviation LLC. She routinely engages with firms specializing in precision instrumentation, electronic integration, and mission-critical control systems, fostering collaborative relationships grounded in technical rigor and performance accountability. Her contracting approach emphasizes vendor reliability, technical compliance, and supply chain resilience, particularly for systems requiring rigorous military certification and environmental testing. While the majority of her acquisitions are conducted under full and open competition—reflecting an 84.8% no set-aside rate—she consistently facilitates 15.2% of awards through Total Small Business Set-Asides in accordance with FAR 19.5. This demonstrates a deliberate commitment to expanding opportunities for qualified small businesses within the defense industrial base, particularly those with expertise in specialized electronic and control systems manufacturing. Her procurement focus is heavily concentrated in NAICS 334515 (Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals), with additional emphasis on 334519 (Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing) and 334511 (Aeronautical System and Instrument Manufacturing). She specializes in acquiring high-precision sensors, signal conditioning units, avionics test equipment, and electronic connectors used in flight systems diagnostics and maintenance infrastructure, reflecting deep technical expertise in aerospace instrumentation and electronic systems integration.