Michael Reiners

Michael Reiners serves as a key procurement lead within the Naval Research Laboratory, supporting the agency’s mission to advance foundational scientific and technological capabilities for naval and national security. He manages a portfolio of research and development contracts focused on high-precision sensors, electronic warfare systems, signal processing architectures, and autonomous navigation technologies. His acquisitions are strategically aligned with the laboratory’s emphasis on next-generation maritime systems, ensuring that cutting-edge R&D efforts are efficiently translated into operational capabilities through formal contract vehicles. Reiners specializes in non-commercial, government-unique engineering solutions requiring deep technical oversight and agile acquisition methodologies. He maintains longstanding relationships with a select group of prime contractors including Assurance Technology Corp, L3Harris NexGen Communications LLC, Envisioneering Inc, Integration Innovation Inc, and Analex Corporation. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in defense-grade R&D, advanced instrumentation, and classified systems integration. Reiners consistently engages these firms for complex, science-driven procurements that demand specialized technical capabilities, often involving prototype development, field testing, and rapid iteration cycles under strict security protocols. Reiners’ contracting activity is exclusively classified under the “No Set-Aside” category, indicating a focus on full and open competition. This reflects the highly specialized nature of the technologies being procured, where only a limited pool of vendors possesses the requisite clearance levels, technical infrastructure, and subject-matter expertise. While small business participation is not formally prioritized through socioeconomic set-asides, the selected contractors include firms with established track records in supporting Navy innovation, regardless of size. His procurement activity is entirely concentrated under NAICS 541715—Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences. He exclusively acquires services related to advanced physics-based systems engineering, electronic signal analysis, radar and electro-optical sensor development, and embedded computing for maritime platforms. His domain expertise lies in securing R&D solutions that bridge laboratory innovation with field-deployable naval systems.