Kathryn Mintz

Kathryn Mintz serves as a key procurement lead within the Naval Surface Warfare Center, supporting the development and sustainment of advanced electronic, sensor, and signal processing systems for surface ships and maritime platforms. Her role centers on managing complex acquisitions for analytical laboratory instrumentation and precision measurement technologies critical to fleet readiness and undersea dominance. She ensures procurement activities align with the Center’s mission to modernize sonar, radar, and navigation systems, overseeing contracts that bridge cutting-edge research with operational deployment across naval platforms. Mintz maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of specialized 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 partnerships reflect a focus on high-precision engineering firms capable of delivering ruggedized instrumentation, embedded signal processing hardware, and mission-critical calibration services. Her contracting approach prioritizes technical expertise over volume, favoring vendors with proven capability in defense-grade electronic systems and laboratory-grade analytical equipment. Mintz’s procurement portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on accessing the broadest pool of technical innovation rather than socioeconomic set-asides, indicating a mission-driven preference for capability-driven sourcing over socioeconomic preferences. While small business participation is not formally incentivized through set-asides, her contracting patterns suggest a merit-based selection process grounded in technical merit and past performance. Her primary focus lies within NAICS 334516—Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing—indicating deep specialization in procuring precision test and measurement devices, spectral analyzers, signal conditioners, and calibration systems essential for electronic warfare and sensor validation. Mintz’s expertise is rooted in the acquisition of high-reliability instrumentation used to validate the performance of naval electronic systems under extreme environmental conditions.