SPAWAR is a Competency Aligned Organization (CAO). Our major competencies are...

The Financial Competency provides professional personnel who provide accurate, timely and valued financial services across Team SPAWAR that are necessary to execute its programs, projects and efforts. The Competency is comprised of three Tier 2 Competencies: Cost Estimating, Business/Resource Financial Management, and Accounting and Budget.  The Financial Competency is a critical enabler in executing Team SPAWAR, Naval Information Dominance Enterprise and Navy mission and priorities.  

Contracts:

This competency provides dedicated contracting officers and supporting staff to perform contracting functions for Program Executive Offices, program offices and project managers across the organization.  Obligation of Fiscal Year 2009 for Team SPAWAR Contracting Competency yielded cumulative total of $7.202 billion, resulting in the execution of approximately 31,375 actions.          

Legal:

The SPAWAR Legal Competency consists of the SPAWAR Headquarters Office of Counsel as well as the Counsel offices within the SPAWAR Systems Centers Atlantic and Pacific. The competency is responsible for providing legal services to Team SPAWAR in the areas of acquisition, business and commercial law, real and personal property law, intellectual property law, fiscal law, civilian personnel and labor law, environmental law, standards of conduct and ethics, Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act programs, command legal advice issues, and other legal services as may be required to support the missions of the Navy and Team SPAWAR.  In addition to being aligned as a Competency within Team SPAWAR, the SPAWAR Office of Counsel falls under the cognizance of the Department of the Navy General Counsel. 
Our mission is to provide high quality, timely, and effective legal advice and services necessary to support Team SPAWAR.  Our mission supports the overall Department of the Navy Office of General Counsel mission of enabling the Navy and the Marine Corps to fulfill their missions in the changing world by providing candid legal advice and counsel, effective advocacy and creative problem solving.

Logistics and Fleet Support:

This competency provides governance for Logistics and Fleet Support efforts in support of PEOs, program managers, business units and other customers. Fleet Support, Installations and Logistics Competency is the single process owner for all Logistics and Fleet Support policies, processes, tools and output metrics and is responsible for the professional development and work assignment of individuals within the competency to ensure that sound Logistics and Fleet Support principles are applied and practiced throughout the program life cycle.

Engineering:

SPAWAR’s Engineering Competency serves as the Navy’s Chief Engineer and technical authority for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems. The competency provides the engineering technical leadership for innovative and interoperable solutions for our warfighters. Throughout the acquisition lifecycle, Engineering identifies warfighting capability gaps to inform investment decisions, and supports our partners and program managers in meeting cost, schedule and performance goals through rigorous and agile systems engineering.

Acquisition and Program Management:

The Acquisition and Program Management Competency s a community of practice that provides a common acquisition and program / project management framework for Team SPAWAR program and projects.  The common framework includes processes and tools to support workforce development and assignment, as well as program / project planning and execution.

Science and Technology:

Personnel in the Science and Technology Competency are qualified scientists, engineers and managers focused on discovery, invention, advanced development, experimentation and technology transition.  As a whole, we possess the skill sets critical to developing and transitioning technology to solve naval, joint, interagency and coalition science and technology gaps. We forge external partnerships with S&T and advanced-development communities in industry, academia and government - as well as participate in S&T and advanced development forums and collaborate with external S&T organizations.

Corporate Operations:

This competency is serviced-based and provides support to operate Team SPAWAR through a broad, but comprehensive, spectrum of sub-competencies. With major sub-tiers of Total Force Management, Information Technology Management, Command Operations/Support, Corporate Strategy, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Inspector General, Special Program Overview & Compliance, and Small Business. This competency is charged to ensure overall success of day-to-day business operations across all SPAWAR business units. Corporate Operations ultimately helps Team SPAWAR by reliably delivering a wide range of products and services across the command, by supporting the organization’s most fundamental operations.