Carla Smith

Carla Smith 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 contract actions aligned with the agency’s mission to develop, test, and sustain precision sensing, signal processing, and electronic warfare capabilities for surface and expeditionary forces. Her procurement portfolio primarily encompasses high-technology systems requiring rigorous engineering validation, including radar and communications hardware, signal intelligence platforms, and specialized electro-mechanical components used in mission-critical naval applications. Smith maintains established relationships with leading defense contractors including Lockheed Martin Corporation, Programs Management Analytics & Technologies Inc., and Black Hills Ammunition Inc., reflecting a consistent reliance on Tier-1 systems integrators and specialized manufacturers with proven expertise in military-grade electronics and ordnance. Her contracting patterns emphasize technical rigor and performance-based outcomes, often involving sole-source or limited-competition actions due to the classified and proprietary nature of the systems procured. She also engages with niche vendors like Integrity Defense Services Inc. and McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC to support specialized infrastructure and mission-enabling services. Smith’s procurement activity shows no reliance on socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects the highly specialized, often classified nature of the technologies required, where only a limited pool of qualified vendors possess the necessary clearances, certifications, and engineering capabilities. Her primary NAICS focus areas—335312 (Motor and Generator Manufacturing) and 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing)—underscore her deep expertise in procuring precision electro-mechanical systems, radar components, and advanced signal processing hardware essential to modern naval combat systems.