Jamea Peterson

Jamea Peterson serves as a key procurement lead within the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance ordnance systems and explosive technologies. She manages a specialized portfolio of acquisitions focused on the design, testing, and sustainment of precision instrumentation and wireless communication equipment critical to naval weapons systems. Her work ensures the reliable integration of advanced detection, control, and handling systems into the Navy’s operational ordnance infrastructure, aligning procurement activities with national defense modernization priorities. Peterson maintains consistent contracting relationships with a select group of specialized vendors, including TOTAL CONCEPTS OF DESIGN INC, Boh Environmental, L.L.C., CHUCKING MACHINE PRODUCTS, INC., CANADIAN COMMERCIAL CORP, and DEVAL LIFE CYCLE SUPPORT LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with deep expertise in ordnance engineering, environmental compliance for hazardous materials, precision machining, and lifecycle support for defense-critical systems. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical capability, regulatory adherence, and long-term sustainment support over commodity procurement. She demonstrates an unwavering commitment to small business participation, with 100% of her acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster innovation and capacity within the defense industrial base by prioritizing small businesses with niche technical competencies in ordnance and communications systems. Her contracting patterns consistently channel opportunities to firms capable of meeting stringent military specifications without reliance on large prime contractors. Her procurement focus is exclusively aligned with NAICS 334220, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing, indicating a specialized technical domain centered on secure, ruggedized communication systems, signal processing hardware, and embedded control modules for ordnance applications. She procures mission-critical components that enable safe handling, remote detonation, and real-time telemetry in high-threat environments, underscoring her expertise in defense electronics and systems integration for naval warfare.