Virginia Marquez

Virginia Marquez serves as a key procurement lead within the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (N61340), overseeing the acquisition of advanced simulation, avionics, and mission-critical training systems for naval aviation and maritime operations. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on immersive training environments, tactical combat simulation, and curriculum-integrated avionics infrastructure, ensuring alignment with the Department of the Navy’s strategic goals for aircrew readiness and modernization. Her acquisitions span both technical development and operational sustainment, requiring deep coordination with engineering and training subject matter experts to deliver mission-ready capabilities. Marquez maintains strong, long-term relationships with core contractors including STRACON SERVICES GROUP, LLC and FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL INC, which provide high-fidelity flight simulators, synthetic training environments, and integrated mission systems. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in military aviation training platforms and adaptive learning technologies. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and lifecycle support, fostering collaborative vendor engagement to meet rapidly evolving operational requirements. A strong advocate for small business participation, Marquez consistently prioritizes Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, with approximately 60% of her acquisitions reserved for small businesses. This reflects a deliberate strategy to cultivate innovation and capacity within the defense training ecosystem, ensuring broad socioeconomic inclusion while maintaining technical excellence. Her contracting patterns demonstrate a sustained commitment to expanding opportunities for small firms capable of delivering specialized training solutions. Her procurement focus is heavily concentrated in NAICS 611519 (Other Technical and Trade Schools), reflecting her primary need for training system development, curriculum design, and instructor-led simulation support, with additional emphasis on NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services) for avionics integration and systems engineering. She specializes in acquiring turnkey training systems that blend hardware, software, and pedagogical frameworks to enhance pilot and aircrew proficiency across complex maritime combat scenarios.