Amber Lyons-Wright

Amber Lyons-Wright serves as a key procurement professional at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (N00164), where she supports the acquisition of advanced electronic, electro-optical, and ordnance systems critical to naval warfare readiness. She manages complex contracts spanning engineering services, specialized manufacturing, and mission-critical defense technologies, ensuring alignment with the Department of the Navy’s strategic priorities in electronic warfare modernization, signal intelligence, and precision weapons sustainment. Her work directly enables the development and fielding of next-generation sensing, communications, and targeting systems for surface and expeditionary forces. Lyons-Wright maintains consistent partnerships with leading defense contractors including Lockheed Martin Corporation, Programs Management Analytics & Technologies Inc., and Integrity Defense Services Inc., reflecting a preference for established industry partners with proven technical capabilities in defense electronics and systems integration. She also engages specialized vendors such as Black Hills Ammunition Inc. and McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, indicating a broad procurement scope that extends beyond core electronics into ordnance supply and facility infrastructure. Her contracting patterns suggest a focus on mission-critical, high-technical-risk acquisitions requiring rigorous compliance and performance assurance. Her procurement activity shows no reliance on socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on technical capability and mission urgency over socioeconomic preferences, prioritizing performance, readiness, and rapid delivery over targeted small business participation. Lyons-Wright’s primary NAICS focus includes 333998 (miscellaneous machinery), 336411 and 336413 (aircraft and aerospace component manufacturing), and 541330 (engineering services), underscoring deep expertise in procuring advanced electro-mechanical systems, avionics components, and technical engineering support. Her portfolio centers on high-reliability hardware, signal processing platforms, and ordnance sustainment, demonstrating specialized knowledge in defense electronics, radar systems, and expeditionary weapon support infrastructure.