Katie Harrigan

Katie Harrigan serves as a primary procurement lead at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, where she manages critical acquisitions supporting the design, development, and sustainment of advanced undersea warfare systems. Her role centers on executing full lifecycle contracting for mission-critical technologies including sonar arrays, underwater navigation systems, signal processing hardware, and ruggedized computing platforms essential for submarine and unmanned undersea vehicle operations. Harrigan ensures alignment with Navy strategic priorities by overseeing complex technical procurements that require stringent performance, environmental, and cybersecurity standards, often involving classified or controlled technical data. She maintains long-standing relationships with key contractors including Ordnance Technology Service, Inc., Boh Environmental, L.L.C., Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC, and EOS of North America, Inc. These partnerships reflect a focus on specialized engineering services, environmental compliance, advanced electronics manufacturing, and mission-critical infrastructure support. Harrigan’s contracting approach emphasizes technical proficiency, past performance, and proven capability in delivering high-reliability systems under extreme operational conditions, fostering collaborative, performance-based vendor relationships. Harrigan’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% preference for full and open competition, with no set-asides designated for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic programs. This reflects the highly specialized nature of undersea warfare systems, where technical expertise and certified defense industrial base capabilities take precedence over socioeconomic preferences, though small business participation may occur organically through subcontracting. Her primary focus lies within NAICS 334511—Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing—where she procures precision sensors, underwater acoustic arrays, embedded guidance systems, and hardened electronic modules. Her expertise spans signal integrity, electro-optical integration, and mission software for deep-ocean environments, ensuring the Navy maintains technological dominance in undersea domains.