Levi S. Andrews

Levi S. Andrews serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance maritime warfare capabilities through the acquisition of cutting-edge sensor, navigation, and electronic warfare systems. He manages complex contracting actions for research, development, testing, and evaluation programs critical to undersea, surface, and aerial domain superiority. His portfolio centers on high-technology acquisitions involving sonar arrays, signal processing hardware, integrated communication suites, and test instrumentation, ensuring the Navy maintains technological edge in contested maritime environments. Andrews maintains strategic partnerships with leading defense and aerospace contractors including Science Applications International Corporation, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Astronics Test Systems Inc, Serco Inc, and Mikel Inc. These relationships reflect a consistent reliance on firms with deep expertise in naval systems integration, electronic test equipment, and mission-critical software development. His contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and long-term vendor collaboration to support sustained innovation and rapid prototyping cycles essential to naval R&D. While the majority of his acquisitions—approximately 80%—are conducted without set-aside restrictions, Andrews demonstrates a meaningful commitment to small business participation, with nearly 20% of awards structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate effort to integrate agile, innovative small firms into the Navy’s advanced technology pipeline, fostering competition and capability diversification without compromising mission requirements. His procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 511210 (Software Publishers) and 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing), underscoring expertise in embedded systems, sensor fusion, and maritime electronics. He routinely procures specialized engineering services, test and evaluation platforms, and mission-specific computing hardware, aligning acquisitions with NUWC Newport’s core mission of enabling naval dominance through advanced maritime technology.