Carrie Rochelle

Carrie R. Rochelle serves as a Contract Specialist at Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex procurements critical to advancing naval warfare capabilities. Her responsibilities include managing the full lifecycle of contracts for advanced maritime systems, with a focus on sensor technologies, electronic warfare components, and integrated communication systems. Rochelle ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning procurement actions with NUWC’s mission to develop and evaluate cutting-edge undersea, surface, and aerial domain capabilities. She routinely handles research and development contracts, test and evaluation services, and specialized equipment acquisitions essential to maintaining naval technological superiority. Rochelle maintains strong, ongoing relationships with key contractors including Science Applications International Corporation, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Astronics Test Systems Inc, Serco Inc, and Mikel Inc. These partnerships are characterized by long-term collaboration on high-technical-demand projects involving system integration, instrumentation, and mission-critical testing. Her procurement approach emphasizes vendor reliability, technical innovation, and performance accountability, fostering trust with industry partners capable of delivering sophisticated solutions in classified and unclassified environments. Her contracting patterns reflect a strong preference for open competition, with 65.1% of awards issued without set-asides. However, she consistently supports small business participation, with 32.6% of awards designated as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5 and an additional 2.3% allocated to Women-Owned Small Businesses. Rochelle demonstrates a balanced commitment to both efficiency and socioeconomic goals, ensuring small businesses with relevant technical capabilities have meaningful access to NUWC’s mission-critical opportunities. Her primary NAICS focus areas include 334511 for search, detection, navigation, and guidance systems; 511210 for software publishing related to defense applications; and 334519 for other measuring and controlling devices. She specializes in procuring advanced sonar arrays, electronic countermeasure systems, fluid power components, and embedded computing hardware, reflecting deep expertise in naval sensor architecture and maritime domain awareness technologies.