Josh Stone

Josh Stone serves as a key procurement lead within Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance cutting-edge maritime warfare capabilities. He manages complex research and development contracts focused on naval sensor systems, electronic warfare components, and integrated communication architectures critical to undersea, surface, and aerial domain superiority. His acquisitions center on advanced engineering solutions that enable next-generation sonar, navigation, and signal processing technologies, ensuring the U.S. fleet maintains technical dominance in contested maritime environments. Stone maintains strategic relationships with leading defense technology contractors including Science Applications International Corporation, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Astronics Test Systems Inc, Serco Inc, and Mikel Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for established industry players with proven expertise in high-fidelity system integration, prototype development, and rapid prototyping of mission-critical hardware and software. His contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and long-term sustainment planning, fostering collaborative engagements with vendors capable of delivering classified and export-controlled maritime systems. Stone’s procurement portfolio exhibits a 100% focus on non-set-aside contracts, reflecting the specialized, high-technology nature of NUWC’s requirements and the limited availability of qualified small businesses with the necessary security clearances and engineering capabilities. While socioeconomic set-asides are not utilized, his contracting decisions prioritize mission readiness and technical capability over socioeconomic criteria. His primary NAICS classification is 541712—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)—underscoring his deep specialization in advanced R&D for naval systems. He procures cutting-edge technologies including phased-array sonars, electronic countermeasures, underwater acoustic arrays, and embedded signal processing units, demonstrating expertise in engineering innovation for defense applications.