Cindi Newcomb

Cindi Newcomb serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock (N00167), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance maritime warfare capabilities through research, development, and testing of naval surface and underwater systems. She manages acquisitions focused on advanced hydrodynamic systems, signature management technologies, and propulsion efficiency solutions, ensuring that contracting activities align with the Center’s technical priorities in vessel survivability and sensor integration. Her portfolio centers on specialized engineering services and prototype development critical to next-generation naval platforms, with a strong emphasis on technical rigor and mission-critical performance requirements. Newcomb maintains consistent partnerships with leading defense contractors including BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, and Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research, Inc., among others. These relationships are built on long-term collaboration in niche engineering domains such as hydroacoustic modeling, structural testing, and stealth material integration. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical capability over volume, fostering strategic vendor alignment with Carderock’s R&D objectives and encouraging innovation through targeted, performance-based solicitations. She exhibits a 100% commitment to small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, ensuring that all acquisitions in her portfolio are reserved exclusively for small businesses. This reflects a deliberate strategy to cultivate a robust ecosystem of specialized small firms capable of delivering high-precision, low-volume engineering services essential to naval innovation. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize socioeconomically disadvantaged vendors with niche technical expertise in marine systems. Her procurement focus is exclusively aligned with NAICS 336612 (Boat Building), encompassing the design, prototyping, and testing of naval vessels and underwater platforms. She procures advanced materials, hydrodynamic test hardware, and integrated sensor systems tailored to surface and subsurface warship platforms, demonstrating deep expertise in maritime engineering domains critical to U.S. naval superiority.