Ryan Marion

Ryan D. Marion serves as a key procurement lead within Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to develop and field advanced maritime warfare systems. He manages a portfolio of acquisitions centered on naval sensor technologies, electronic warfare components, and integrated communication systems critical to undersea, surface, and aerial domain superiority. His work directly enables the testing, evaluation, and fielding of next-generation navigation, sonar, and targeting systems, ensuring operational readiness across the fleet. Marion specializes in complex, technical procurements requiring stringent performance specifications and rigorous compliance with defense acquisition regulations. Marion maintains strong, ongoing relationships with leading defense and aerospace contractors including Science Applications International Corporation, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Astronics Test Systems Inc, Serco Inc, and Mikel Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for established industry players with proven expertise in ruggedized electronics, test instrumentation, and mission-critical system integration. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, leveraging long-term vendor collaboration to deliver high-reliability hardware and software solutions under demanding operational conditions. While the majority of his acquisitions are conducted as full and open competitions, Marion consistently allocates approximately 25% of his portfolio to Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a deliberate commitment to fostering innovation from small business vendors. He does not routinely utilize 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB set-asides, instead prioritizing broad small business participation through unrestricted competitive opportunities that encourage capability development across the SME community. His procurement focus is concentrated in NAICS 334511 for search, detection, and navigation systems, with additional emphasis on computer peripheral equipment (334118) and other electronic components (334419). This reflects deep technical expertise in acquiring high-performance sensors, signal processing hardware, embedded systems, and mission-specific test and evaluation equipment essential to modern naval operations.