Shawn Conroy

Shawn Conroy serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance cutting-edge maritime warfare capabilities. He specializes in managing acquisitions for critical naval sensor, navigation, and electronic warfare systems, ensuring the timely delivery of high-integrity hardware and integrated communication technologies essential for undersea, surface, and aerial domain superiority. His portfolio centers on the development and procurement of advanced computer storage devices and data acquisition systems that enable real-time signal processing and mission-critical data retention in hostile environments. Conroy operates within a highly technical acquisition framework, aligning contract strategies with Navy RDT&E priorities and ensuring compliance with stringent defense standards. He maintains consistent working relationships with leading defense technology providers including Science Applications International Corporation, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Astronics Test Systems Inc, Serco Inc, and Mikel Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in ruggedized data systems, embedded computing, and test instrumentation tailored for naval platforms. Conroy fosters collaborative, performance-driven contracting models that emphasize technical innovation, system interoperability, and lifecycle support. Conroy demonstrates a firm commitment to socioeconomic contracting, with 100% of his acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to empower small, agile firms with niche capabilities in defense electronics, ensuring broad participation from qualified small businesses across the defense industrial base. His primary procurement focus is on NAICS 334112—Computer Storage Device Manufacturing—reflecting deep expertise in procuring high-reliability, mission-essential storage systems for sonar arrays, electronic warfare suites, and underwater sensor networks. He consistently sources ruggedized, radiation-tolerant, and shock-resistant data storage solutions engineered for extreme maritime conditions, reinforcing NUWC Newport’s leadership in naval undersea technology development.