Nicole Major

Nicole Major serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWC Dahlgren), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance integrated warfighting capabilities through research, development, test, and evaluation of advanced sensor systems, command and control platforms, and embedded computing technologies. She manages a diverse portfolio of acquisitions focused on electronic warfare, signal processing, and networked combat systems, ensuring timely delivery of mission-critical hardware and software solutions. Her work directly enables the modernization of surface ship combat systems and supports the Navy’s strategic objectives in electronic sensing and data fusion. Major maintains strong, ongoing relationships with a select group of contractors including TEX-TECH ENGINEERED COMPOSITES, LLC for advanced material systems; TATITLEK GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INC. for technical and engineering support; 3DB LABS INC for additive manufacturing solutions; WASTE REMOVAL USA, LLC for environmental compliance services; and BOWHEAD PROGRAM MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS, LLC for programmatic and operational support. These partnerships reflect a preference for established vendors with proven expertise in defense-grade engineering, rapid prototyping, and mission-specific logistics. Her contracting activity is overwhelmingly non-set-aside, with 95.2% of awards issued under full and open competition, indicating a strong emphasis on technical capability over socioeconomic preferences. Only 4.8% of awards are designated as total small business set-asides, suggesting a targeted, performance-driven approach to small business engagement. Her primary NAICS focus areas include 334511 for search and navigation systems, 541519 for computer-related services, and 334515 for instrumentation measuring electrical signals, reflecting deep specialization in electronic systems manufacturing, signal processing, and embedded computing. She routinely procures advanced radar components, digital signal processors, secure communication modules, and test and evaluation instrumentation essential to naval surface warfare systems.