Merideth Dionne

Merideth Dionne serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance maritime warfare capabilities through the acquisition of advanced sensor, navigation, and electronic warfare systems. She manages complex contracting actions for critical defense technologies used in undersea, surface, and aerial domains, ensuring alignment with naval operational requirements and technological innovation. Her portfolio emphasizes the procurement of mission-critical hardware and integrated systems essential for naval dominance, including sonar arrays, guidance instrumentation, and communication subsystems. Dionne maintains consistent working relationships with leading defense technology contractors including Science Applications International Corporation, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Astronics Test Systems Inc, Serco Inc, and Mikel Inc. These partnerships reflect a strategic focus on high-precision engineering firms capable of delivering ruggedized, mission-specific systems under stringent military performance standards. Her contracting approach prioritizes technical rigor, compliance with DoD acquisition regulations, and long-term vendor collaboration to support rapid prototyping and fielded system sustainment. Her procurement strategy reflects a balanced commitment to socioeconomic goals, with approximately half of her acquisitions set aside for total small business participation under FAR 19.5. This demonstrates a deliberate effort to foster innovation and capacity-building among small businesses with specialized capabilities in defense electronics and systems integration, without relying on specific set-aside programs like 8(a) or HUBZone. Dionne’s primary NAICS focus lies in Hardware Manufacturing (332510) and Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511). She routinely procures precision-engineered components such as underwater acoustic sensors, inertial navigation units, electronic warfare countermeasures, and integrated test and evaluation systems, underscoring her deep technical expertise in naval electronics and maritime systems integration.