Elizabeth Peckham

Elizabeth Peckham serves as a primary contracting professional within Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance maritime warfare capabilities through the acquisition of advanced naval systems. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on sensor technologies, electronic warfare components, and integrated communication systems critical to undersea, surface, and aerial domain superiority. Her work directly enables the development, testing, and evaluation of next-generation naval platforms by ensuring timely procurement of mission-critical hardware and software solutions aligned with strategic naval modernization priorities. Peckham maintains sustained relationships with key industry partners including Science Applications International Corporation, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Astronics Test Systems Inc, Serco Inc, and Mikel Inc. These partnerships reflect a balanced mix of large prime contractors with specialized technical capabilities and mid-tier firms delivering niche engineering and test services. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based acquisition strategies, often leveraging indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicles and competitive sealed bidding to ensure technical excellence and operational readiness. A strong advocate for small business participation, Peckham consistently prioritizes Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, with approximately 63% of her acquisitions reserved for small businesses. This reflects a deliberate commitment to expanding opportunities for small disadvantaged, HUBZone, and service-disabled veteran-owned firms, aligning with DoD socioeconomic goals while fostering innovation through diverse vendor engagement. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS codes 332710 (Machine Shops), 334515 (Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals), and 334419 (Other Electronic Component Manufacturing), underscoring expertise in precision electromechanical systems, signal conditioning hardware, and embedded electronics. She also frequently procures custom software solutions under 513210, demonstrating deep technical fluency in naval sensor data processing, navigation algorithms, and real-time test instrumentation systems.