Marty Daugherty

Martha Daugherty serves as a Contract Specialist at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, where she plays a critical role in acquiring advanced electronic systems essential to naval surface warfare readiness. She manages the full lifecycle of contracts for mission-critical sensors, signal processing equipment, and communications instrumentation, ensuring alignment with the Center’s strategic priorities in modernizing sonar, radar, and electronic warfare capabilities. Her acquisitions focus on technical solutions that enhance situational awareness, precision navigation, and maritime electronic surveillance, supporting fleet modernization and undersea dominance initiatives. Daugherty maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of specialized contractors, including Cynergy Professional Systems LLC, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Science Applications International Corporation, The Whiskey Project Group USA LLC, and Washington Office Interiors LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for firms with deep expertise in defense electronics, systems integration, and mission-specific instrumentation. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical compliance, performance-based outcomes, and long-term sustainment support, fostering collaborative relationships with vendors capable of delivering ruggedized, high-reliability systems for naval environments. 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 emphasis on technical capability over socioeconomic categorization, prioritizing the most qualified providers regardless of business size or certification status. While small business participation is not formally incentivized, her portfolio remains open to qualified small firms that meet stringent technical requirements. Daugherty’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 334515 (Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals), accounting for 75% of her activity, with additional emphasis on NAICS 334220 (Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing). She routinely acquires precision test equipment, electronic warfare subsystems, signal analyzers, and secure communications hardware, demonstrating deep domain expertise in naval electronic systems and test instrumentation.