Angela Schaefer

Angela Schaefer serves as a secondary procurement professional at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (N00164), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to develop, test, and sustain advanced electronic, electro-optical, and ordnance systems. While not the primary contracting officer, she plays a critical enabling role in the acquisition lifecycle, assisting with requirements validation, contract administration, and technical coordination for engineering services that underpin naval warfare capabilities. Her work directly supports the development of precision sensing, electronic warfare suites, and signal processing systems essential to surface and expeditionary forces, ensuring timely delivery of mission-critical technologies through compliant and efficient procurement processes. Schaefer routinely collaborates with a core group of prime contractors including Lockheed Martin Corporation, Programs Management Analytics & Technologies Inc., Integrity Defense Services Inc., Black Hills Ammunition Inc., and McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on high-precision engineering, defense systems integration, and specialized site support services. Her involvement suggests a pattern of working closely with established defense industry leaders and niche technical service providers to execute complex, requirements-driven acquisitions that demand deep domain expertise and rigorous compliance with DoD standards. Her procurement activity shows no reliance on socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of her associated acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. This indicates a strategic emphasis on technical capability and mission readiness over socioeconomic preferences, aligning with the highly specialized nature of Crane’s mission. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her portfolio, the nature of the work often involves subcontracting to specialized firms within the broader contractor ecosystem. Her procurement focus is exclusively within NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), reflecting a deep specialization in technical engineering support for electronic warfare, radar systems, signal intelligence platforms, and ordnance sustainment. She engages primarily with firms delivering systems engineering, test and evaluation, hardware integration, and mission-specific R&D services—core competencies required to maintain naval technological superiority in contested electromagnetic environments.