diff --git a/Sources/ClientRuntime/Networking/Http/NIO/NIOHTTPClient.swift b/Sources/ClientRuntime/Networking/Http/NIO/NIOHTTPClient.swift
index f065bc656..0cbfe7c67 100644
--- a/Sources/ClientRuntime/Networking/Http/NIO/NIOHTTPClient.swift
+++ b/Sources/ClientRuntime/Networking/Http/NIO/NIOHTTPClient.swift
@@ -9,16 +9,39 @@ import AsyncHTTPClient
 import NIOCore
 import NIOPosix
 import NIOSSL
-import SmithyHTTPAPI
+import struct Smithy.Attributes
+import struct Smithy.SwiftLogger
+import protocol Smithy.LogAgent
+import struct SmithyHTTPAPI.Headers
+import protocol SmithyHTTPAPI.HTTPClient
+import class SmithyHTTPAPI.HTTPResponse
+import class SmithyHTTPAPI.HTTPRequest
+import enum SmithyHTTPAPI.HTTPStatusCode
+import protocol Smithy.ReadableStream
+import enum Smithy.ByteStream
+import class SmithyStreams.BufferedStream
+import struct Foundation.Date
+import AwsCommonRuntimeKit
 
 /// AsyncHTTPClient-based HTTP client implementation that conforms to SmithyHTTPAPI.HTTPClient
 /// This implementation is thread-safe and supports concurrent request execution.
 public final class NIOHTTPClient: SmithyHTTPAPI.HTTPClient {
+    public static let noOpNIOHTTPClientTelemetry = HttpTelemetry(
+        httpScope: "NIOHTTPClient",
+        telemetryProvider: DefaultTelemetry.provider
+    )
+
     private let client: AsyncHTTPClient.HTTPClient
     private let config: HttpClientConfiguration
     private let tlsConfiguration: NIOHTTPClientTLSOptions?
     private let allocator: ByteBufferAllocator
 
+    /// HTTP Client Telemetry
+    private let telemetry: HttpTelemetry
+
+    /// Logger for HTTP-related events.
+    private var logger: LogAgent
+
     /// Creates a new `NIOHTTPClient`.
     ///
     /// The client is created with its own internal `AsyncHTTPClient`, which is configured with system defaults.
@@ -28,6 +51,8 @@ public final class NIOHTTPClient: SmithyHTTPAPI.HTTPClient {
         httpClientConfiguration: HttpClientConfiguration
     ) throws {
         self.config = httpClientConfiguration
+        self.telemetry = httpClientConfiguration.telemetry ?? NIOHTTPClient.noOpNIOHTTPClientTelemetry
+        self.logger = self.telemetry.loggerProvider.getLogger(name: "NIOHTTPClient")
         self.tlsConfiguration = httpClientConfiguration.tlsConfiguration as? NIOHTTPClientTLSOptions
         self.allocator = ByteBufferAllocator()
 
@@ -42,7 +67,77 @@ public final class NIOHTTPClient: SmithyHTTPAPI.HTTPClient {
     }
 
     public func send(request: SmithyHTTPAPI.HTTPRequest) async throws -> SmithyHTTPAPI.HTTPResponse {
-        // TODO
-        return HTTPResponse()
+        let telemetryContext = telemetry.contextManager.current()
+        let tracer = telemetry.tracerProvider.getTracer(
+            scope: telemetry.tracerScope
+        )
+        do {
+            // START - smithy.client.http.requests.queued_duration
+            let queuedStart = Date().timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate
+            let span = tracer.createSpan(
+                name: telemetry.spanName,
+                initialAttributes: telemetry.spanAttributes,
+                spanKind: SpanKind.internal,
+                parentContext: telemetryContext)
+            defer {
+                span.end()
+            }
+
+            // START - smithy.client.http.connections.acquire_duration
+            let acquireConnectionStart = Date().timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate
+
+            // TODO: Convert Smithy HTTPRequest to AsyncHTTPClient HTTPClientRequest
+
+            let acquireConnectionEnd = Date().timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate
+            telemetry.connectionsAcquireDuration.record(
+                value: acquireConnectionEnd - acquireConnectionStart,
+                attributes: Attributes(),
+                context: telemetryContext)
+            // END - smithy.client.http.connections.acquire_duration
+
+            let queuedEnd = acquireConnectionEnd
+            telemetry.requestsQueuedDuration.record(
+                value: queuedEnd - queuedStart,
+                attributes: Attributes(),
+                context: telemetryContext)
+            // END - smithy.client.http.requests.queued_duration
+
+            // TODO: Update connection and request usage metrics based on AsyncHTTPClient configuration
+            telemetry.updateHTTPMetricsUsage { httpMetricsUsage in
+                // TICK - smithy.client.http.connections.limit
+                httpMetricsUsage.connectionsLimit = 0 // TODO: Get from AsyncHTTPClient configuration
+
+                // TICK - smithy.client.http.connections.usage
+                httpMetricsUsage.acquiredConnections = 0 // TODO: Get from AsyncHTTPClient
+                httpMetricsUsage.idleConnections = 0 // TODO: Get from AsyncHTTPClient
+
+                // TICK - smithy.client.http.requests.usage
+                httpMetricsUsage.inflightRequests = httpMetricsUsage.acquiredConnections
+                httpMetricsUsage.queuedRequests = httpMetricsUsage.idleConnections
+            }
+
+            // DURATION - smithy.client.http.connections.uptime
+            let connectionUptimeStart = acquireConnectionEnd
+            defer {
+                telemetry.connectionsUptime.record(
+                    value: Date().timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate - connectionUptimeStart,
+                    attributes: Attributes(),
+                    context: telemetryContext)
+            }
+
+            // TODO: Execute the HTTP request using AsyncHTTPClient
+
+            // TODO: Log body description
+
+            // TODO: Handle response
+            // TODO: Record bytes sent during request body streaming with server address attributes
+            // TODO: Record bytes received during response streaming with server address attributes
+
+            // TODO: Convert NIO response to Smithy HTTPResponse
+
+            return HTTPResponse() // TODO: Return actual response
+        } catch {
+            // TODO: Handle catch
+        }
     }
 }