Kathleen Stewart

Kathleen Stewart serves as the primary contracting lead for the Naval Surface Warfare Center, where she manages complex acquisitions critical to advancing naval electronic warfare, sensor systems, and maritime platform modernization. Her role centers on executing full lifecycle procurement for mission-critical technologies that enhance situational awareness, signal processing, and undersea dominance. She routinely handles competitive and sole-source contracts for engineering services, specialized instrumentation, and shipboard system integration, ensuring alignment with the Navy’s strategic priorities in radar, sonar, and navigation technology sustainment. Her work directly supports fleet readiness by accelerating the fielding of next-generation capabilities across surface combatants and maritime platforms. Stewart maintains consistent partnerships with a core group of defense contractors including CYNERGY PROFESSIONAL SYSTEMS LLC, AEROSPACE & COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, The Whiskey Project Group USA LLC, and WASHINGTON OFFICE INTERIORS LLC. These relationships reflect a preference for established defense-industrial base vendors with proven expertise in electronic systems integration, technical engineering support, and specialized manufacturing. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, technical compliance, and long-term sustainment support, often leveraging Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) and Other Transaction Authority (OTA) mechanisms to streamline innovation delivery. Stewart’s procurement portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a mission-driven focus on technical capability and rapid acquisition timelines over socioeconomic preferences, prioritizing proven performance and system interoperability over small business set-asides. While she does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB programs, her contracting decisions are guided by stringent technical evaluation criteria and source selection standards aligned with DoD acquisition regulations. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing), 541330 (Engineering Services), and 333912 (Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing). She procures advanced sonar arrays, electronic warfare suites, precision navigation instruments, and integrated shipboard environmental control systems, demonstrating deep expertise in naval electronics, signal processing hardware, and maritime platform integration.