Andrew Hilyard

Andrew Hilyard serves as a primary contracting professional within the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, responsible for managing complex acquisitions that support the development, testing, and sustainment of undersea warfare systems. His role centers on ensuring timely and compliant procurement of advanced technologies critical to submarine and unmanned undersea vehicle operations, including sonar arrays, signal processing hardware, ruggedized computing platforms, and electronic warfare systems. He plays a pivotal role in aligning acquisition strategies with the agency’s mission to maintain technological superiority in undersea domains, frequently overseeing contracts for research, engineering services, and specialized system integration. Hilyard maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of prime contractors, including Ordnance Technology Service, Inc., Boh Environmental, L.L.C., Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, and EOS of North America, Inc. These partnerships reflect a focus on firms capable of delivering high-reliability engineering, environmental compliance, and mission-critical infrastructure support. His procurement approach emphasizes proven technical capability and past performance, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in rigorous compliance and operational readiness requirements. Notably, Hilyard’s portfolio exhibits a 100% preference for non-set-aside acquisitions, indicating a strategic emphasis on open competition to ensure access to the broadest possible pool of qualified technical providers. This reflects a mission-driven prioritization of capability over socioeconomic categorization, with no reliance on 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides in current contracting patterns. His primary NAICS classification is 483113 (Coastal and Great Lakes Freight Transportation), which, while seemingly atypical for undersea warfare, likely reflects the logistical and transport-related support services required for deploying, testing, and sustaining undersea systems in coastal and oceanic environments. His expertise lies in procuring mission-enabling logistics, specialized transport, and infrastructure services that underpin the Navy’s undersea operational tempo.