Chester Swiszcz

Chet M. Swiszcz serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance maritime warfare capabilities through the acquisition of advanced naval systems. He manages complex contracts for research, development, testing, and evaluation of sensor, navigation, electronic warfare, and integrated communication technologies critical to undersea, surface, and aerial domain superiority. His acquisitions span high-precision instrumentation, mission-critical electronics, and engineered subsystems, ensuring operational readiness for naval platforms across all domains. Swiszcz maintains strong working relationships with leading defense and aerospace contractors including Science Applications International Corporation, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Astronics Test Systems Inc, Serco Inc, and Mikel Inc. These partnerships reflect a preference for established industry leaders with proven expertise in naval systems integration, test equipment, and specialized electronic components. His contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and long-term vendor collaboration to meet stringent military specifications and rapid prototyping needs. His procurement portfolio is overwhelmingly non-set-aside, with 94.4% of awards issued under full and open competition, reflecting the technical complexity and specialized nature of the systems acquired. Only 5.6% of contracts are designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, indicating a strategic focus on capability over socioeconomic preference, though small business participation remains a recognized component of the acquisition strategy when technically viable. The primary NAICS categories driving his acquisitions include 334511 for search, detection, and navigation systems; 334419 for specialized electronic components; and 541330 for engineering services supporting system integration. His work centers on procuring sonar arrays, signal processing hardware, ruggedized avionics, precision valves, and machine-shop-fabricated components essential to naval platform performance, demonstrating deep technical fluency in maritime electronic warfare and sensor systems.