Troy Henson

Troy Henson serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), supporting the lifecycle acquisition and sustainment of advanced naval aviation systems. He plays a critical role in executing complex contracts for aircraft manufacturing, avionics integration, and mission-critical support infrastructure essential to U.S. Navy and Marine Corps air superiority. His responsibilities encompass the full spectrum of defense acquisition processes—from requirements validation and source selection to contract administration—ensuring alignment with NAVAIR’s strategic modernization goals for carrier-based and expeditionary aircraft platforms. Henson maintains consistent, high-volume contracting relationships with industry leaders including Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, and General Atomics, primarily engaging prime contractors with proven expertise in aerospace systems development and sustainment. His procurement patterns reflect a preference for established defense industrial base partners capable of delivering technically sophisticated, mission-essential platforms under strict DoD compliance standards. These relationships are characterized by long-term contract vehicles and performance-based logistics arrangements that emphasize reliability, technical innovation, and rapid fielding. Henson’s contracting activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic focus on leveraging the broadest possible industrial base to meet urgent operational needs, prioritizing technical capability and schedule performance over socioeconomic preferences. While small business participation is not formally structured into his acquisition strategy, the nature of his procurements often involves tiered subcontracting that indirectly supports small business engagement through prime contractor obligations. His primary procurement focus is exclusively within NAICS 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing), encompassing the acquisition of manned and unmanned naval aircraft, propulsion systems, flight control architectures, and integrated weapons delivery platforms. Henson’s expertise lies in procuring high-performance, combat-coded aviation systems requiring rigorous certification, flight testing, and logistics support, demonstrating deep technical fluency in naval aviation engineering and defense acquisition regulation.