Tara R. Hartung

Tara Hartung serves as a key procurement professional within Navsup Weapon Systems Support, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize naval aviation and weapon systems. She manages the acquisition of mission-critical components, including aircraft subsystems, avionics, power generation equipment, and specialized electronics essential to operational readiness. Her work directly enables the maintenance, repair, and technological upgrade of legacy and next-generation platforms, ensuring fleet-wide interoperability and combat effectiveness. Hartung handles complex, technically demanding contracts requiring rigorous engineering validation and supply chain traceability, often involving custom-manufactured parts and defense-grade specifications. She maintains consistent partnerships with leading defense contractors including Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Thales Defense & Security Inc., AMD International Technologies LLC, Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, and Mission Systems Wimborne Limited. These relationships are characterized by long-term, performance-based agreements for high-reliability components and integrated systems, often requiring compliance with military standards such as MIL-SPEC and AS9100. Hartung’s procurement approach emphasizes technical fidelity, supply chain resilience, and lifecycle support, fostering collaborative vendor engagement to address obsolescence and sustainment challenges across naval platforms. Hartung’s contracting activity is exclusively non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic prioritization of technical capability, performance history, and mission-critical readiness over socioeconomic preferences, aligning with the high-stakes nature of naval aviation sustainment. While small business participation is not formally targeted, the complexity of requirements often necessitates prime-subcontractor arrangements that may involve qualified small businesses in specialized niches. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 336413 for other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment, with significant activity in rolled steel shapes, machine shop services, radio and wireless communications equipment, and bare printed circuit board manufacturing. This technical profile underscores deep expertise in aerospace-grade materials, electronic subsystem integration, and precision manufacturing for harsh-environment applications.