Quentin Harris

Quentin Harris serves as a key procurement professional within the Missile Defense Agency, supporting the development and fielding of integrated missile defense systems critical to national security. He manages complex acquisitions in advanced research, sensor modernization, and guided weapon system integration, ensuring alignment with MDA’s layered defense architecture goals. His portfolio centers on high-technical-risk, mission-critical contracts that require rapid innovation cycles and cross-domain system interoperability, often involving classified and export-controlled technologies. Harris plays a pivotal role in translating strategic defense requirements into executable contracting strategies that accelerate capability delivery across midcourse and terminal-phase interception domains. His primary contractor relationships are with industry leaders in aerospace and defense systems integration, including Lockheed Martin Corp. and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, with whom he coordinates large-scale, systems-engineering-driven procurements. He also engages Jacobs Technology Inc. for specialized engineering and technical support services. These partnerships reflect a preference for prime contractors with proven expertise in missile defense architectures, radar modernization, and battle management command systems. Harris consistently works with these vendors to execute performance-based, incentive-laden contracts that emphasize technical milestones and rigorous test validation. Harris’s procurement activity shows no reliance on socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects the agency’s operational imperative to access the highest-tier technical capabilities available in the market, prioritizing mission readiness over socioeconomic preferences. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in his portfolio, he adheres to all statutory requirements for transparency and fair competition. His procurement focus is dominated by NAICS 541715, reflecting heavy investment in physical and engineering R&D for advanced missile defense technologies, including hypersonic threat detection, kinetic interceptors, and sensor fusion algorithms. A secondary focus on NAICS 541511 indicates significant procurement of custom software for command and control systems, simulation environments, and real-time data analytics platforms. His expertise lies at the intersection of systems engineering, defense R&D, and mission-critical software development.