Jessica Matias

Jessica Matias serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC Pacific), supporting the agency’s mission to deliver advanced electronic warfare, communications, sensing, and command-and-control systems to enhance naval operational superiority. She manages complex acquisition cycles for mission-critical technology solutions, focusing on research and development, custom software engineering, and integrated hardware systems that enable fleet readiness. Her work spans the full contract lifecycle—from requirements definition and market research to award and performance oversight—ensuring alignment with Department of the Navy strategic priorities and federal acquisition regulations. Matias maintains consistent relationships with a core group of technical contractors including HAWKEYE 360, INC., SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SUPPORT CO., VT MILCOM INC., AEROSPACE & COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, and L1 ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED. These partners are frequently engaged for specialized engineering services, signal processing capabilities, and secure communications platform integration. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established defense-industrial base vendors with proven expertise in naval systems, indicating a reliance on experienced contractors capable of meeting stringent military performance and cybersecurity standards. Her procurement activity is overwhelmingly non-set-aside, with 94.7% of awards issued under full and open competition, reflecting a mission-driven emphasis on technical capability over socioeconomic preferences. Only 5.3% of awards are designated as total small business set-asides, suggesting a targeted, rather than broad, approach to small business participation, likely reserved for niche capabilities where qualified small firms offer unique technical advantages. Matias’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541715 (R&D in physical and engineering sciences) and 541511 (custom computer programming), underscoring her specialization in developing next-generation naval software architectures, embedded systems, and sensor integration solutions. She routinely acquires advanced computing hardware (NAICS 334118) and mission support services (NAICS 561990), demonstrating deep technical familiarity with naval electronic systems and the lifecycle sustainment of mission-critical platforms.