SarahHenney

Sarah Henney serves as a Contract Specialist within the Strategic Systems Programs (N00030) under the Department of the Navy, where she plays a critical role in managing the acquisition lifecycle for the nation’s sea-based strategic deterrent systems. Her responsibilities include developing, negotiating, and administering complex contracts for engineering services essential to the design, integration, testing, and sustainment of submarine-launched ballistic missiles and associated command, control, and communications infrastructure. She ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurement actions with mission-critical timelines and technical requirements, directly supporting the operational readiness and nuclear deterrent posture of the U.S. Navy. Henney maintains long-standing procurement relationships with leading defense prime contractors including Lockheed Martin Corporation, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc., Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc., and JRC Integrated Systems, LLC. These partnerships are primarily centered on systems engineering, technical analysis, and integrated mission support services. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous technical oversight, and continuous collaboration with industry partners to meet stringent reliability and security standards for strategic weapons systems. Her procurement portfolio reflects a strict focus on full and open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted without set-asides for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic categories. This reflects the highly specialized nature of the work and the need for technical depth, rather than socioeconomic targeting, in fulfilling mission-critical requirements. Henney’s acquisitions are exclusively governed by NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services), underscoring her specialization in technical and systems engineering support. She procures services related to weapons integration, systems modeling and simulation, test and evaluation, and mission assurance for nuclear deterrent platforms, requiring deep domain expertise in naval strategic systems, nuclear safety protocols, and defense systems engineering methodologies.