Sherelle Lockhart

Sherelle Lockhart serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic (NIWC Atlantic), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to develop, integrate, and sustain advanced maritime warfare systems. She manages acquisitions for mission-critical information technology and systems engineering services, with a focus on modernizing naval command and control, electronic warfare, and secure communications infrastructure. Her work directly enables the integration of cutting-edge digital capabilities across naval platforms, ensuring operational readiness through agile, secure, and scalable IT solutions. Lockhart maintains strategic partnerships with leading defense and technology contractors, including Amazon Web Services, Inc. and Leidos, Inc., to deliver cloud-based architectures, cyber-secure communications, and enterprise systems integration. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes and technical innovation, often leveraging commercial best practices to enhance naval operational effectiveness. She consistently engages with industry partners capable of rapid prototyping, DevSecOps implementation, and cybersecurity compliance under DoD standards. Her procurement portfolio is exclusively set aside for small businesses under FAR 19.5, reflecting a steadfast commitment to socioeconomic diversity and small business empowerment. All awards are structured to maximize participation from small disadvantaged businesses, HUBZone firms, and other certified small business concerns, aligning with Department of the Navy mandates to foster innovation through agile, niche vendors. Lockhart’s primary focus is on NAICS 541611—Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services—where she procures systems engineering, technical advisory, and program management support critical to naval IT modernization. Her acquisitions center on architecture design, cybersecurity risk management, and digital transformation services that underpin the Navy’s next-generation maritime information networks.