Aimee Kourafas

Aimee Kourafas serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic (NIWC Atlantic), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to develop, integrate, and sustain advanced maritime warfare systems. She manages complex acquisitions for mission-critical electronic systems, including radar, electronic warfare, secure communications, and command and control infrastructure. Her work directly enables the modernization of naval sensor networks and the hardening of tactical IT environments against evolving cyber threats, ensuring operational readiness across naval platforms. She handles full lifecycle contracting for high-technology systems, from requirements definition through contract award and performance oversight. Kourafas maintains strong, sustained relationships with leading defense and aerospace technology contractors, most notably Amazon Web Services, Inc. and Leidos, Inc. These partnerships focus on delivering scalable cloud-enabled computing architectures, cybersecurity frameworks, and integrated signal processing solutions. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, systems integration, and lifecycle sustainment, often involving complex technical evaluations and risk-managed acquisition strategies. She collaborates closely with engineering and cybersecurity teams to align procurement with operational needs and emerging threat landscapes. Kourafas’s procurement portfolio reflects a strict preference for full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued under no set-aside categories. This indicates a focus on technical capability and mission urgency over socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing the most qualified vendors regardless of business size or certification status. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in her portfolio, she ensures competitive fairness and transparency across all solicitations. Her primary procurement focus lies within NAICS 334310—Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing—reflecting deep specialization in the acquisition of advanced signal processing hardware, tactical display systems, and integrated electro-optical components. She procures mission-specific electronics for naval platforms, emphasizing ruggedized, secure, and interoperable systems that support real-time data fusion and electronic attack capabilities. Her expertise spans hardware-software co-design and embedded systems integration within constrained naval environments.