Tom Harrelson

Tom Harrelson serves as a key procurement lead within the W6QK Acc-apg organization under the Department of the Army, operating under code W91CRB to advance critical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. He manages the acquisition of specialized geophysical surveying and mapping services essential to battlefield situational awareness, aeronautical instrumentation, and radio frequency platform development. His work directly supports the Army’s modernization priorities in tactical communications and real-time data analytics, ensuring that fielded systems meet rigorous operational standards for precision, reliability, and interoperability across multi-domain environments. While specific contractor names are not currently available in the procurement record, Harrelson maintains relationships with a broad spectrum of technical service providers specializing in geospatial data collection, remote sensing, and sensor integration. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, often requiring vendors to demonstrate proven expertise in airborne and ground-based survey technologies, electromagnetic spectrum analysis, and mission-critical data processing pipelines. He favors vendors with robust quality assurance frameworks and experience in classified or restricted operational environments. Harrelson’s procurement portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of acquisitions conducted under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on technical excellence and capability maturity over socioeconomic preferences, aligning with the mission-critical nature of the systems being acquired. While small business participation is not formally incentivized through set-asides, qualified small firms with niche technical capabilities are regularly considered based on merit and past performance. His primary focus is on NAICS 541360 — Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services — encompassing high-resolution terrain mapping, synthetic aperture radar data collection, geodetic surveying, and geospatial intelligence platform integration. He procures advanced instrumentation for airborne and unmanned systems, ground-penetrating radar arrays, and real-time geospatial analytics tools that enable precise battlefield mapping and target identification in contested environments.