Melinda M. Jordan

Melinda M. Jordan serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance maritime warfare capabilities through the acquisition of advanced sensor, navigation, electronic warfare, and integrated communication systems. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on research, development, testing, and evaluation of undersea, surface, and aerial domain technologies, ensuring alignment with naval operational requirements. Her acquisitions span technical services, specialized equipment maintenance, and workforce development initiatives critical to sustaining naval technological superiority. Jordan maintains consistent working relationships with industry leaders including Science Applications International Corporation, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Astronics Test Systems Inc, Serco Inc, and Mikel Inc. These partnerships reflect a strategic reliance on firms with proven expertise in defense-grade electronic systems, test and evaluation infrastructure, and mission-critical support services. Her contracting approach emphasizes collaboration with vendors possessing deep domain knowledge in naval systems, fostering long-term technical alignment and rapid prototyping capabilities. A strong advocate for small business participation, Jordan consistently prioritizes Total Small Business Set-Asides, directing approximately 60% of her acquisitions to small businesses under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate commitment to expanding opportunities for qualified small entities while maintaining rigorous performance standards. Her contracting patterns demonstrate a balanced approach—leveraging small business innovation alongside established defense contractors to ensure mission readiness and industrial base resilience. Her primary NAICS focus areas include 611430 for professional and management development training, 811310 for commercial and industrial machinery repair and maintenance, and 335911 for specialized electronic component manufacturing. These reflect a dual emphasis on workforce capability building and the sustainment of complex naval hardware, underscoring her expertise in both human capital and technical acquisition domains essential to naval operational continuity.