Sheila Peters

Sheila K. Peters serves as a key procurement professional within the W4MM USA Joint Munitions Command, supporting the Department of Defense’s mission to ensure operational readiness through the lifecycle management of conventional ammunition and explosives. She manages complex acquisitions spanning production, storage, distribution, and demilitarization of munitions systems, with a focus on sustaining combat-effective supplies for land, air, and naval forces. Her work directly enables modernization initiatives and supply chain resilience, handling contracts for specialized manufacturing, safety-critical equipment, and industrial infrastructure essential to national defense logistics. While specific contractor names are not publicly disclosed, Peters maintains strategic partnerships with a diverse range of defense industrial base vendors, including firms capable of meeting stringent military specifications for explosives handling, chemical manufacturing, and precision equipment fabrication. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established defense suppliers with proven compliance in hazardous material handling, quality assurance under MIL-STD, and secure logistics operations. She routinely engages with vendors capable of rapid scalability and end-to-end supply chain integration to meet dynamic operational demands. Peters demonstrates a strong commitment to small business participation, with over 30% of her acquisitions set aside for total small businesses under FAR 19.5, and a notable emphasis on Women-Owned Small Businesses, reflecting a deliberate effort to broaden vendor diversity within the munitions industrial base. While the majority of awards remain open competition, her portfolio consistently prioritizes socioeconomic programs to foster innovation and capacity building among qualified small firms. Her procurement focus centers on NAICS codes related to basic inorganic chemical manufacturing, irradiation apparatus production, and specialized industrial equipment, indicating deep expertise in procuring materials and systems critical to ammunition formulation, safety testing, and environmental compliance. She routinely sources specialized components for explosive containment, thermal regulation systems, and hazardous material handling infrastructure, underscoring her technical proficiency in defense manufacturing and safety-critical procurement domains.