Katia Lacoste

Katia Lacoste serves as a secondary procurement specialist within the W6QK Acc-apg unit of the Department of the Army, supporting the development and fielding of advanced aeronautical instrumentation, radio frequency platforms, and battlefield data analytics systems. While not the primary contracting officer, she plays a critical role in facilitating acquisition planning, vendor coordination, and contract administration for technical systems that enhance tactical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. Her work ensures alignment between operational requirements and procurement execution, particularly for complex communications and sensing technologies critical to modernized battlefield networks. Lacoste collaborates with a diverse ecosystem of defense contractors and systems integrators specializing in military-grade communications hardware and data processing solutions. Though no primary contractors are identified, her procurement patterns suggest consistent engagement with firms possessing expertise in RF system design, signal processing, and secure battlefield networking. Her role emphasizes technical due diligence, requirement validation, and lifecycle support coordination, fostering partnerships with vendors capable of delivering ruggedized, field-deployable systems under stringent military standards. Her contracting activity shows no use of socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. This reflects a mission-critical focus on rapid capability delivery and technical superiority over socioeconomic preferences, consistent with the urgency of modernizing tactical communications infrastructure in contested environments. Lacoste’s procurement focus centers on NAICS 334210 (telephone apparatus manufacturing) and 334220 (radio and wireless communications equipment manufacturing), indicating a strong emphasis on hardware for secure voice and data transmission. She also supports related services under NAICS 541512 (computer systems design) and 517121 (telecommunications resellers), underscoring her involvement in end-to-end system integration—from hardware procurement to network deployment and managed services for tactical communications nets. Her domain expertise lies at the intersection of RF engineering, battlefield data analytics, and military-grade telecommunications infrastructure.