ReBecca Poplin

ReBecca Poplin serves as a key procurement professional at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (N00164), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to develop, test, and sustain advanced electronic, electro-optical, and ordnance systems for naval warfare. She manages complex acquisitions for mission-critical technologies including signal processing platforms, radar detection systems, and electronic warfare components, ensuring timely delivery of capabilities to expeditionary and surface forces. Her work directly enables the modernization of naval sensor suites and precision targeting systems, aligning procurement activities with strategic priorities in electronic warfare and next-generation communications. Poplin maintains strong working relationships with leading defense contractors including Lockheed Martin Corporation, Programs Management Analytics & Technologies Inc., and Black Hills Ammunition Inc., partnering with firms capable of delivering high-reliability components and integrated systems under stringent military specifications. She routinely collaborates with specialized engineering and manufacturing vendors to support prototype development, field testing, and sustainment of electro-optical and ordnance hardware, emphasizing technical rigor and lifecycle support in vendor selection. Her procurement portfolio reflects a strict focus on open competition, with 100% of awards issued under no set-aside classifications, indicating a preference for full and open competition based on technical merit and industrial capacity rather than socioeconomic preferences. This approach prioritizes mission readiness and access to specialized defense industrial base capabilities over targeted small business set-asides. Poplin’s primary NAICS focus areas include Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (334419), Search and Navigation System Manufacturing (334511), and Semiconductor Manufacturing (334413), reflecting deep expertise in procuring advanced circuitry, signal conditioning modules, and precision electro-optical assemblies. She routinely sources engineering services (541330) to support system integration and test validation, demonstrating a technical procurement profile centered on high-assurance electronics and naval weapons system sustainment.