Jeanne Y Whiteman

Jeanne Y. Whiteman serves as a Contract Negotiator at NAVSEA’s Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, where she plays a pivotal role in securing critical technologies that enhance naval warfare capabilities. She specializes in negotiating complex contracts for advanced maritime systems, including sonar arrays, electronic warfare components, navigation sensors, and integrated communication platforms. Her work directly supports the agency’s mission to develop, test, and evaluate next-generation undersea, surface, and aerial domain systems, ensuring operational superiority through technically rigorous and acquisition-compliant procurement practices. Whiteman maintains consistent working relationships with leading defense and aerospace contractors including Science Applications International Corporation, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Astronics Test Systems Inc, Serco Inc, and Mikel Inc. These partnerships are characterized by long-term collaboration on high-technology development efforts, often involving prototype testing, systems integration, and specialized engineering support. She engages vendors through competitive and sole-source mechanisms alike, ensuring technical excellence while maintaining strict compliance with federal acquisition regulations. Her contracting portfolio reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 80% of acquisitions conducted without set-aside designations. Nevertheless, she actively supports small business participation, consistently allocating 20% of opportunities under Total Small Business Set-Asides in accordance with FAR 19.5, fostering innovation from qualified small firms without compromising mission-critical performance requirements. Whiteman’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 334511 (navigation and detection systems), 541330 (engineering services), 541511 (custom computer programming), and 331315 (aluminum sheet and foil manufacturing). She routinely acquires high-reliability sensor hardware, embedded software solutions, mission-critical firmware, and precision-machined components essential for undersea warfare platforms, demonstrating deep technical fluency in naval systems engineering and materials science.