Ms. Kaylee Diamond

Kaylee Diamond serves as a Contract Specialist at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (N00164), where she plays a critical role in procuring advanced electronic, electro-optical, and ordnance systems essential to naval warfare readiness. She manages the full lifecycle of complex acquisitions—from requirements definition and market research to contract award and administration—ensuring alignment with Department of the Navy strategic priorities in electronic warfare, signal intelligence, and precision munitions. Her portfolio primarily encompasses defense-critical technologies requiring stringent compliance with military specifications and defense acquisition regulations, including classified and controlled technical data handling. Diamond maintains established relationships with key industry partners including Lockheed Martin Corporation, Programs Management Analytics & Technologies Inc., Integrity Defense Services Inc., Black Hills Ammunition Inc., and McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC. These partnerships reflect a mix of large prime contractors delivering integrated systems and specialized vendors providing niche ordnance, site development, and technical support services. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, risk mitigation, and technical compliance, often coordinating with engineering and logistics teams to ensure delivered capabilities meet operational readiness standards. Her procurement activity shows no reliance on socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a mission-driven focus on technical capability and schedule certainty over socioeconomic preferences, consistent with the high-priority, time-sensitive nature of Crane’s defense modernization initiatives. Diamond’s procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 325920 (Explosives Manufacturing), 332993 (Ammunition Manufacturing), and 332994 (Small Arms and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing). She routinely procures high-explosive ordnance, precision munitions components, detonation systems, and related support services, demonstrating deep expertise in defense-specific manufacturing, ballistic testing, and munitions sustainment. Her work directly supports the development and fielding of next-generation surface and expeditionary weapons systems.