Christiana Casey

Christiana Casey serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA HQ), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to sustain and modernize the U.S. fleet through strategic acquisition of naval platforms and mission-critical systems. She manages complex contract actions spanning shipbuilding, repair, and the integration of advanced naval electronics, ensuring alignment with fleet readiness objectives and technological superiority goals. Her portfolio emphasizes lifecycle support for surface and undersea vessels, with a focus on procurement processes that uphold naval engineering standards and defense acquisition regulations. Christiana maintains consistent working relationships with leading defense contractors including Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Damen Shipbuilding & Cooperation B.V., G.S.E. Dynamics, Inc., and Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for established prime contractors with proven expertise in naval architecture, propulsion systems, combat electronics, and shipyard modernization. Her contracting patterns indicate a reliance on full and open competition, leveraging long-standing vendor capabilities to deliver high-integrity, mission-essential systems under stringent naval specifications. Her procurement activity shows no reliance on socioeconomic set-asides, with 100% of contracts awarded through full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on mission-critical performance, technical maturity, and industrial capacity over socioeconomic preferences, aligning with NAVSEA’s priority to maintain uninterrupted fleet availability through proven, large-scale defense industrial base partners. Christiana’s acquisitions are concentrated in NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing) and 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing). She specializes in procuring hull structures, propulsion systems, sonar arrays, radar integration, and combat management systems, demonstrating deep technical fluency in naval engineering domains. Her work directly supports the development and sustainment of next-generation warships and advanced maritime sensors, ensuring the Navy’s operational edge in contested maritime environments.