Carlnetta Curry

Carlnetta Curry serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA HQ), supporting the acquisition of mission-critical naval systems essential to fleet readiness and technological superiority. She manages complex contracting actions focused on the design, integration, and lifecycle support of advanced nautical and aerospace instrumentation, ensuring alignment with the Department of the Navy’s strategic modernization goals. Her work centers on high-stakes procurements involving sensor suites, navigation systems, guidance technologies, and integrated combat systems, all critical to maintaining undersea and surface warfare dominance. She operates within a framework of rigorous technical compliance and lifecycle cost accountability, interfacing with industry partners to deliver cutting-edge capabilities to the U.S. Navy. Carlnetta Curry maintains consistent contracting relationships with leading defense and maritime technology prime contractors, including Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, G.S.E. Dynamics, Inc., and Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for established defense-industrial base vendors with proven expertise in naval electronics and shipboard system integration. Her procurement approach emphasizes technical fidelity, performance-based outcomes, and long-term sustainment support, often resulting in multi-year contract structures that ensure continuity in system upgrades and maintenance. Her contracting activity shows a 100% preference for full and open competition, with no set-asides designated for 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic categories. This reflects a strategic focus on accessing the broadest possible pool of technically qualified vendors capable of meeting the Navy’s highly specialized requirements for mission-critical systems, prioritizing capability and readiness over socioeconomic targeting. Carlnetta Curry’s procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 334511—Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing. She specializes in acquiring advanced radar, sonar, electronic warfare, inertial navigation, and combat management systems, ensuring naval platforms are equipped with the most sophisticated sensing and targeting technologies. Her domain expertise lies at the intersection of naval engineering and electronic systems integration, supporting the Navy’s transition to networked, autonomous, and digitally enabled warfighting platforms.