Elizabeth Hacker

Elizabeth Hacker serves as a secondary contracting professional within 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. She plays a critical role in executing acquisition strategies for specialized hardware, signal processing components, and expeditionary weapons systems, ensuring alignment with naval modernization priorities. Her responsibilities include managing the procurement lifecycle for technically complex systems requiring stringent compliance with defense standards, often coordinating with engineering and program offices to define requirements and evaluate vendor capabilities. Her primary contractor relationships include Lockheed Martin Corporation for integrated electronic warfare solutions, Programs Management Analytics & Technologies Inc. for technical analysis and systems engineering support, McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC for facility and infrastructure upgrades, Integrity Defense Services Inc. for secure logistics and maintenance services, and Black Hills Ammunition Inc. for specialized ordnance production. These partnerships reflect a mix of large primes and niche suppliers with proven expertise in defense-critical domains, indicating a pattern of strategic vendor engagement grounded in technical proficiency and past performance. Hacker exhibits a strong preference for small business set-asides, with 60% of her acquisitions structured under FAR 19.5 total small business set-asides, demonstrating a robust commitment to socioeconomic contracting goals. Her portfolio consistently channels opportunities to small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned firms, and other qualified small entities, reinforcing the agency’s mandate to foster innovation and resilience within the defense industrial base. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS 332510 (Hardware Manufacturing) and 334419 (Other Electronic Component Manufacturing), with significant activity in machine shops (332710) and shipbuilding (336611). She routinely acquires precision-machined electronic enclosures, radar signal processors, ruggedized communication modules, and ordnance components—reflecting deep expertise in naval electronics, electro-optics, and expeditionary weapons sustainment.