Danica Sablad

Danica Sablad serves as a Contract Specialist within the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (N00039), where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex acquisition strategies to secure mission-critical information warfare capabilities. She manages the full lifecycle of contracts supporting the design, development, and sustainment of secure communications, cyber-enabled systems, and real-time data networks essential to naval dominance in the electromagnetic spectrum. Her acquisitions primarily focus on professional services that enable the integration of tactical edge technologies and strategic command and control architectures, ensuring alignment with Navy modernization priorities and defense acquisition regulations. Sablad maintains consistent working relationships with leading defense contractors including Raytheon Company, Science Applications International Corporation, Intecon LLC, ITC Defense Corp, and Advanced Technology Systems Company, Inc. of Virginia. These partnerships reflect a reliance on established industry leaders with proven expertise in information systems integration, cyber resilience, and electromagnetic spectrum operations. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and risk mitigation through structured contract vehicles and robust oversight mechanisms. Her procurement patterns show a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted without set-asides for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic programs. This reflects a strategic focus on accessing the broadest possible pool of technical expertise to meet urgent operational requirements, prioritizing capability and readiness over socioeconomic targeting. Sablad’s portfolio is exclusively aligned with NAICS 541611—Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services—indicating a specialization in high-level systems integration, operational planning, and enterprise-level advisory services. She procures technical consulting, systems engineering, and program management support critical to modernizing naval information warfare infrastructure, with deep expertise in cybersecurity, signal processing, and mission-critical network architecture development.