Lorna Tribby

Lorna Tribby serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (N00164), where she manages complex acquisitions supporting the development, testing, and sustainment of advanced electronic, electro-optical, and ordnance systems critical to naval warfare readiness. Her work directly enables the modernization of electronic warfare suites, signal intelligence platforms, and precision guidance systems for surface and expeditionary forces. Tribby specializes in high-technology defense acquisitions, particularly those involving radar detection, secure communications, and mission-critical instrumentation, ensuring compliance with Department of the Navy technical and acquisition standards. She maintains sustained relationships with leading defense contractors including Lockheed Martin Corporation, Programs Management Analytics & Technologies Inc., and Black Hills Ammunition Inc., partnering with firms capable of delivering cutting-edge sensor systems, electronic components, and ordnance solutions. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor and performance-based outcomes, frequently engaging vendors with proven expertise in aerospace and defense electronics manufacturing. McKenzie Construction & Site Development LLC and Integrity Defense Services Inc. further support her portfolio through specialized infrastructure and mission-critical service contracts. Tribby’s procurement portfolio reflects a strong preference for full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued under no set-aside classifications. This indicates a strategic focus on technical capability over socioeconomic categorization, prioritizing mission need and system performance above socioeconomic program requirements. While small business participation is not formally targeted, vendors of all sizes compete on technical merit and past performance. Her primary procurement focus lies within NAICS 334511—Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing—reflecting deep expertise in acquiring advanced electronic systems, signal processing hardware, and precision guidance instrumentation essential to naval combat systems. Her work ensures the sustained technological edge of U.S. naval forces in contested electromagnetic environments.