Heather Kerrigan

Heather Kerrigan serves as a key procurement lead for the Commanding Officer (N63394) under the Department of the Navy, overseeing the acquisition of mission-critical engineering services essential to sustaining and modernizing naval aviation and electronic warfare systems. She manages contracts aligned with the Navy’s operational readiness goals, focusing on advanced aerospace component integration, secure communications infrastructure, and electronic assembly technologies. Her acquisitions are strategically aligned with the Department of Defense’s imperative to enhance sensor fidelity, cybersecurity resilience, and real-time data interoperability across carrier-based and land-based aviation platforms. Kerrigan maintains a concentrated partnership with AEROSPACE & COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, and LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, both of which provide high-assurance engineering solutions for classified and unclassified defense systems. Her procurement pattern reflects a preference for established prime contractors with proven track records in delivering complex, low-volume, high-precision technical services—particularly in avionics integration, electronic warfare countermeasures, and secure data link development. These relationships are characterized by long-term performance-based contracts, often involving technical proposal evaluations and risk-managed delivery frameworks. She does not utilize any socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of her acquisitions awarded under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic prioritization of technical capability and mission-critical performance over socioeconomic preferences, aligning with the urgency and sensitivity of naval aviation modernization timelines. Her procurement activity is entirely focused on NAICS 541330—Engineering Services—with an emphasis on systems engineering, test and evaluation, electromagnetic compatibility analysis, and embedded software development for defense-grade platforms. She specializes in procuring engineering support for radar systems, electronic attack suites, secure RF communications, and mission-critical firmware integration, demonstrating deep domain expertise in aerospace defense engineering and electronic systems lifecycle management.