Emily Harman

Emily Harman serves as Associate Director of Small Business Programs at the Naval Air Warfare Center Air Division, where she plays a pivotal role in advancing the agency’s mission to develop, test, and sustain advanced naval aviation systems. She oversees the integration of small business capabilities into complex engineering and technical acquisitions, ensuring that innovation from diverse vendors supports the modernization of airborne sensor suites, electronic warfare systems, and mission-critical avionics. Her portfolio primarily encompasses engineering services contracts tied to aircraft subsystem integration, systems analysis, and technical sustainment for next-generation naval platforms. Harman maintains consistent procurement relationships with leading defense and aerospace contractors including SABRE SYSTEMS, LLC, THE BOEING COMPANY, SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, INC., and ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC. These partnerships reflect a preference for established industry leaders with proven expertise in systems engineering, avionics integration, and mission systems development. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical rigor, and long-term sustainment capabilities, fostering collaborative engagements that align with the Navy’s operational readiness goals. Notably, Harman’s procurement strategy reflects a 100% non-set-aside orientation, with no formal preference for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic programs. While she supports small business participation through subcontracting opportunities and mentor-protégé initiatives, her primary focus is on securing the highest technical capability to meet mission-critical requirements. This approach underscores a mission-first procurement philosophy rooted in capability, not socioeconomic categorization. Her technical domain is exclusively centered on NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), encompassing systems engineering, avionics architecture, electronic warfare integration, and mission system sustainment. She procures specialized engineering solutions for airborne platforms, including signal processing, communications networks, and sensor fusion technologies critical to maintaining air superiority across the fleet.