Jenny Hanes

Jenny Hanes serves as a key procurement lead within the W6QK Acc-ri unit of the Department of the Army, responsible for managing acquisitions that sustain and modernize the Army’s industrial base for ordnance, precision components, and battlefield support systems. She oversees the end-to-end contracting lifecycle for critical munitions manufacturing, industrial machinery maintenance, and fabricated metal products essential to weapons system readiness. Her work directly supports the Army’s strategic imperative to ensure resilient, domestically sourced supply chains for high-priority defense systems, with a focus on technical compliance, lifecycle support, and mission-critical delivery timelines. Hanes maintains consistent partnerships with a core group of specialized contractors, including AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, FAXON MACHINING, LLC, PALANTIR USG INC, and Allied Metal Tech, LLC, each recognized for their expertise in precision machining, ammunition production, and defense-grade software integration. Her contracting approach emphasizes long-term vendor collaboration with firms possessing niche technical capabilities in defense industrial sectors, often engaging through competitive sealed bidding and small business set-asides to ensure technical fidelity and supply chain reliability. A defining feature of her procurement strategy is an overwhelming 75% preference for Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, reflecting a strong institutional commitment to socioeconomic contracting. She consistently prioritizes small, veteran-owned, and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, fostering a contracting environment that empowers niche manufacturers and repair specialists to contribute to national defense readiness. Her technical focus centers on NAICS codes 332993 (ammunition manufacturing), 333248 (industrial machinery), 332510 (hardware manufacturing), and 811310 (industrial equipment repair), reflecting deep expertise in ordnance production, machine tool maintenance, and precision metal fabrication. She procures mission-critical items ranging from high-explosive components to custom-fabricated weapon subsystems, ensuring alignment with Army technical specifications and defense logistics standards.