Shara Fowler

Shara Fowler supports the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s mission to advance naval warfare capabilities through the acquisition of advanced electronic, communications, and sensing systems for surface ships and maritime platforms. While her official title is not publicly listed, her procurement activities center on managing complex technical contracts for sensor integration, signal processing equipment, and mission-critical software systems. She plays a vital role in ensuring fleet readiness by facilitating the timely delivery of next-generation radar, sonar, and navigation technologies, aligning acquisitions with the Center’s strategic priorities in electronic warfare modernization and undersea dominance. Fowler maintains consistent relationships with a core group of defense technology contractors, including CYNERGY PROFESSIONAL SYSTEMS LLC, AEROSPACE & COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, and SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION. These partnerships reflect a preference for established defense primes and specialized systems integrators capable of delivering ruggedized hardware, embedded software, and testing services under stringent military specifications. Her contracting patterns suggest a focus on firms with proven expertise in Navy-compliant electronics manufacturing and systems engineering, often requiring ITAR compliance and secure supply chain controls. Her procurement portfolio is predominantly open competition, with 88.9% of awards issued without set-asides, indicating a strong emphasis on technical capability over socioeconomic preferences. However, she does allocate 11.1% of awards under Total Small Business Set-Asides, demonstrating a measured but active commitment to small business participation in support of the Navy’s innovation ecosystem. Fowler’s acquisitions are heavily concentrated in NAICS 333310, 513210, 334220, and 334118, reflecting deep specialization in commercial and industrial machinery, software publishing, wireless communications equipment, and computer peripheral manufacturing. She routinely procures precision instrumentation, embedded firmware, test and evaluation services, and mission-specific signal processing solutions, underscoring her technical acumen in naval electronic systems and defense-related software development.