Sharon Lattimer

Sharon Lattimer serves as a key procurement professional within DLA Land at Aberdeen, supporting the Department of Defense’s mission to sustain and modernize land-based tactical systems. She manages the acquisition of mission-critical electronic, communications, and electro-mechanical systems essential for military command, control, and signal processing capabilities. Her work centers on securing advanced avionics, radio and data transmission equipment, and precision power and control subsystems that enable operational readiness across armored, mobility, and surveillance platforms. Lattimer’s portfolio is highly specialized, focusing exclusively on high-reliability systems used in austere and combat environments. She maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Carson Industries, Inc., and Creating Technology Solutions, LLC—firms recognized for their expertise in designing and manufacturing ruggedized electronic components and integrated subsystems for defense applications. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven capability in meeting MIL-STD and DO-160 specifications, and she routinely engages them through competitive sealed bidding and negotiated contract actions to ensure technical compliance and supply chain resilience. Lattimer’s contracting activity shows no reliance on socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on technical merit and mission-critical performance over socioeconomic criteria, aligning with DLA’s mandate to prioritize capability and readiness in time-sensitive, high-stakes acquisitions. Her procurement focus is entirely concentrated under NAICS 334511, specializing in the manufacture of search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical systems and instruments. She procures complex electro-optical sensors, digital signal processors, tactical data links, and embedded control units—technologies integral to modernized land warfare platforms and network-centric operations. Her domain expertise lies in the integration of hardened electronics into combat vehicle and command post systems, ensuring interoperability across joint force architectures.