Marissa Dickens

Marissa Dickens serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division, supporting the U.S. Navy’s mission to modernize and sustain surface ship systems. She manages complex acquisitions for mission-critical electronic, industrial control, and shipboard integration technologies, ensuring operational readiness through the timely delivery of advanced engineering solutions. Her work directly enables the development and sustainment of propulsion, damage control, ballast, and industrial automation systems aboard naval platforms, aligning with the agency’s strategic focus on resilience, interoperability, and lifecycle support of naval infrastructure. Dickens maintains consistent working relationships with leading defense and industrial technology contractors, including Fairbanks Morse, LLC, Leidos, Inc., Rolls-Royce Corporation, G.S.E. Dynamics, Inc., and Kampi Components Co Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for established industry leaders with proven expertise in naval-grade electronics, control systems, and mechanical integration. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and long-term vendor collaboration to ensure system reliability under demanding maritime conditions. Her procurement portfolio reflects a strong emphasis on open competition, with 75% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions, while maintaining a deliberate 25% commitment to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This balance demonstrates a strategic focus on leveraging both large-capability vendors and agile small businesses, fostering innovation while ensuring scalability and supply chain resilience across critical naval systems. Her primary technical focus lies in NAICS categories centered on electronic computer manufacturing, relay and industrial control systems, printed circuit assembly, and process instrumentation. She routinely procures embedded computing hardware, ruggedized control panels, sensor interfaces, and shipboard automation components, reflecting deep expertise in naval electronics integration and industrial control infrastructure. Her acquisitions support the Navy’s transition to digitally enabled, condition-based maintenance and autonomous shipboard operations.