Carlnetta Curry

Carlnetta Curry serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSPEC), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize the U.S. fleet through the acquisition of advanced naval systems. She specializes in the procurement of mission-critical aerospace and nautical instrumentation, overseeing contracts for search, detection, navigation, guidance, and control systems that enable fleet readiness and technological superiority. Her work directly supports the integration of next-generation sensor suites, sonar arrays, and electronic warfare components onto surface and undersea platforms, ensuring naval forces maintain operational dominance in contested maritime environments. Carlnetta maintains strategic relationships with leading defense prime contractors including Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, and G.S.E. Dynamics, Inc., partnering with firms capable of delivering complex, high-integrity systems under stringent military specifications. She also collaborates with specialized technology providers such as Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, and Damen Shipbuilding & Cooperation B.V., fostering long-term vendor partnerships grounded in technical excellence, systems integration capability, and compliance with naval engineering standards. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based acquisition and risk-managed contract structures tailored to high-tech, low-volume production environments. Carlnetta’s procurement portfolio reflects a strict focus on full and open competition, with 100% of awards issued under no set-aside classifications. This indicates a deliberate emphasis on leveraging the broadest possible industrial base to meet demanding technical requirements, rather than socioeconomic set-asides. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her award patterns, her contracting decisions remain fully compliant with federal acquisition regulations and are driven by technical merit and mission necessity. Her primary NAICS classification, 334511, underscores deep expertise in procuring advanced nautical and aeronautical systems, including radar, sonar, inertial navigation units, and integrated combat management hardware. She specializes in acquiring systems that must operate reliably under extreme environmental conditions, requiring rigorous qualification testing and defense-grade quality assurance protocols.