Jason Terruso

Jason Terruso serves as a key procurement lead within the W6QK Acc-apg office under the Department of the Army (W91CRB), responsible for managing acquisitions that advance the Army’s next-generation intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. He specializes in securing critical aeronautical instrumentation, radio frequency platforms, and battlefield data analytics systems, ensuring timely delivery of mission-critical sensing and communications technologies to tactical units. His procurement activities are aligned with the agency’s strategic modernization goals, focusing on rapid prototyping, fielding, and integration of advanced electronic systems across contested environments. Terruso routinely handles complex sole-source and competitive acquisitions under FAR Part 15, with an emphasis on technical performance, interoperability, and cybersecurity compliance. Terruso maintains a broad network of industry partners, primarily engaging with defense contractors specializing in RF system design, signal processing, and embedded avionics. He collaborates closely with prime contractors possessing SBIR/STTR backgrounds and systems integration expertise, often facilitating teaming arrangements between large primes and niche technology providers. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes and risk-sharing models, fostering long-term vendor partnerships grounded in technical credibility and delivery reliability. Terruso’s acquisition portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of procurements conducted under full and open competition. While he does not prioritize socioeconomic set-asides such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, his process remains transparent and merit-based, ensuring that technical superiority and mission readiness drive selection decisions. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 334220 for radio and wireless communications equipment manufacturing and NAICS 541990 for professional scientific and technical services. He routinely acquires advanced radar components, tactical data links, electronic warfare payloads, and real-time analytics software, demonstrating deep expertise in electromagnetic spectrum operations and battlefield information architecture.