Jessica Zhang

Jessica Zhang serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSYSCOM), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize the U.S. Fleet through strategic acquisition of naval vessels and mission-critical maritime systems. She manages complex contract actions aligned with shipbuilding and repair lifecycle requirements, ensuring timely delivery of technologically advanced platforms that enhance fleet readiness and operational superiority. Her work centers on full-spectrum acquisition processes—from requirements validation and source selection to contract award and performance oversight—focusing on large-scale, mission-essential systems integrated into surface and undersea warfare platforms. She maintains consistent working relationships with prime contractors including Damen Shipbuilding & Cooperation B.V., Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, G.S.E. Dynamics, Inc., and Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for established industrial base providers with proven expertise in naval architecture, integrated combat systems, and shipyard modernization. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, risk mitigation, and long-term sustainment planning, often coordinating across multiple program offices to align procurement with fleet modernization roadmaps. Jessica’s procurement portfolio reflects a strict focus on non-set-aside acquisitions, with 100% of her awards issued under full and open competition. This indicates a strategic prioritization of capability, capacity, and industrial base resilience over socioeconomic set-asides, aligning with NAVSEA’s mandate to secure high-assurance, mission-critical systems from qualified, large-scale defense contractors with deep naval engineering expertise. Her primary procurement activity is concentrated in NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), encompassing new construction, dry-docking, modernization, and integration of advanced naval electronics, propulsion systems, and combat suites. She specializes in procuring complex, integrated platforms requiring compliance with MIL-SPEC standards, naval engineering protocols, and lifecycle support frameworks essential to maintaining maritime dominance.