Kara Feeney

Kara Feeney serves as a key procurement professional within the FA8735 Afnwc Hck NC3 organization under the Department of the Air Force, where she plays a critical role in advancing national command, control, and communications (NC3) capabilities essential to nuclear deterrence and strategic leadership. Her responsibilities encompass the end-to-end acquisition of hardened, survivable communication systems, with a primary focus on very low frequency (VLF) transmission infrastructure and military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) terminal integration. She manages complex contracting actions for next-generation NC3 platforms, ensuring compliance with stringent DoD cybersecurity and resilience standards, and works closely with engineering and technical stakeholders to translate operational requirements into enforceable contract deliverables. Feeney’s contractor relationships are centered on defense primes and specialized systems integrators with proven expertise in secure communications hardware and signal processing technologies. She engages with vendors capable of delivering hardened, TEMPEST-compliant equipment and embedded software solutions that meet the unique demands of NC3 environments. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and long-term sustainment planning, fostering partnerships with firms that demonstrate deep domain knowledge in military-grade communications architecture. Her procurement portfolio reflects a strict preference for full and open competition, with 100% of acquisitions conducted without set-asides, indicating a focus on technical capability over socioeconomic categorization. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her portfolio, she ensures all vendors—regardless of size—meet exacting performance and security thresholds. Feeney’s primary industry focus is NAICS 334290, Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing, where she procures specialized VLF transmitters, MILSATCOM terminals, hardened user equipment, and associated signal conditioning systems. Her technical expertise lies in electromagnetic resilience, frequency-specific signal integrity, and secure data link integration for strategic forces.