Wilbur Swanson

Wilbur Swanson serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where he plays a pivotal role in acquiring advanced avionics, mission systems, and electronic warfare components critical to naval air superiority. He manages the full lifecycle of complex procurements—from market research and solicitation development to contract award and administration—ensuring alignment with the agency’s mission to modernize airborne sensor suites and sustain legacy aircraft systems. His portfolio centers on high-precision instrumentation, signal processing hardware, and integrated mission computing solutions, often involving classified and export-controlled technologies under strict compliance with DoD acquisition regulations. Swanson maintains established working relationships with key industry partners including SABRE SYSTEMS, LLC, THE BOEING COMPANY, SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, INC., and ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC. These partnerships reflect a balanced mix of prime contractors delivering turnkey systems and specialized subcontractors providing niche electronic components and engineering services. His procurement approach emphasizes technical rigor, risk mitigation, and performance-based outcomes, fostering long-term collaboration with vendors capable of meeting the Navy’s stringent reliability and interoperability standards. A strong advocate for small business participation, Swanson consistently structures solicitations to maximize opportunities under the Total Small Business Set-Aside program, with over half of his acquisitions reserved for small businesses. He also actively promotes Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-asides, reflecting a deliberate commitment to socioeconomic diversity and veteran-owned enterprise development within the defense industrial base. His technical focus is concentrated in NAICS 334515 and 334419, where he procures specialized instruments for measuring electrical signals and custom electronic components used in radar, communications, and navigation systems. He also engages in acquisitions under 334513 for industrial process control instrumentation and 541519 for advanced software integration services, demonstrating deep expertise in the electronics and mission systems domains essential to next-generation naval aviation platforms.