Counsel, Space and Naval Warfare Command (SPAWAR)

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) designs, develops and deploys advanced communications and information capabilities to the fleet and the joint warfighter. SPAWAR’s products and services transform ships, aircraft and vehicles from individual platforms into integrated battle forces, enhancing informational awareness among Navy, Marine Corps, joint forces, federal agencies and international allies. As the Navy’s technical lead for C4ISR – command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance – SPAWAR provides the hardware and software to connect the warfighter at sea, on land, and in the air. This includes satellite systems, undersea surveillance equipment, remote sensors, tactical and business IT and myriad other C4ISR capabilities.

SPAWAR is comprised of SPAWAR Headquarters, San Diego, CA; Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (PEO-C4I), San Diego, CA; Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO-EIS), Arlington, VA; Program Executive Office Space Systems (PEO-SS), Chantilly, VA; Joint Program Executive Office Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO-JTRS), San Diego, CA; SPAWAR Space Field Activity (SSFA), Chantilly, VA; SPAWAR Systems Center, Pacific (SSC Pacific), San Diego, CA; and SPAWAR Systems Center, Atlantic, Charleston, SC (SSC Atlantic).

The SPAWAR Office of Counsel consists of a Headquarters office and two field offices. There are currently 26 Headquarters attorneys and staff – 20 located in San Diego and six supporting the PEO (EIS) in the Washington, DC area. There are 12 attorneys located at SSC Pacific -- six general attorneys and six intellectual property attorneys. SSC Atlantic currently consists of seven attorneys, including one intellectual property attorney and one general attorney servicing the SSC Atlantic detachment in New Orleans, LA. We expect our numbers to grow in the coming years. Both the Headquarters office and the field offices provide legal services in the areas of federal acquisition law, business and commercial law, personnel law, environmental law and intellectual property law, as well as standards of conduct/conflict of interest, Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts and base closure. They also represent the Command before the Government Accountability Office, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and participate in litigation in the federal courts.

For additional information on SPAWAR and the Counsel for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, please go to www.spawar.navy.mil.