Katie Daniels

Katie Daniels serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize the U.S. fleet through strategic acquisition of naval vessels and mission-critical systems. She manages complex contract actions for shipbuilding and repair programs, ensuring alignment with naval operational requirements and lifecycle support objectives. Her work spans the full acquisition continuum—from requirements definition through contract award and performance oversight—focusing on large-scale, technically demanding platforms that enhance maritime combat readiness and technological superiority. Daniels maintains consistent working relationships with prime contractors including Damen Shipbuilding & Cooperation B.V., Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, G.S.E. Dynamics, Inc., and Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for established defense industrial base vendors with proven expertise in naval architecture, propulsion systems, combat electronics integration, and shipyard modernization. Her contracting patterns emphasize long-term collaboration with contractors possessing deep domain knowledge in naval vessel construction and maintenance, often involving multi-year, performance-based contract structures. Her procurement activity is exclusively classified under “No Set-Aside,” indicating a focus on full and open competition without socioeconomic preferences such as 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides. This reflects NAVSEA’s operational imperative to prioritize technical capability, industrial capacity, and schedule reliability over socioeconomic criteria when acquiring mission-critical naval platforms. Daniels’ portfolio is entirely concentrated under NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), underscoring her deep specialization in naval ship construction, dry-docking, modernization upgrades, and integrated system installations. She procures complex maritime systems including hull structures, propulsion trains, combat systems integration, and survivability enhancements, requiring technical fluency in naval engineering standards, MIL-SPEC compliance, and naval shipyard infrastructure requirements.