Christina Berenato

Christina Berenato serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA HQ), supporting the acquisition and lifecycle management of mission-critical naval systems essential to fleet readiness and technological superiority. She specializes in the procurement of advanced nautical and aerospace instrumentation, shipbuilding, and repair services, ensuring the Navy’s surface and undersea platforms remain operationally dominant. Her work directly enables the integration of next-generation sensors, navigation systems, and combat electronics, aligning with NAVSEA’s strategic imperative to modernize the fleet through innovative, reliable, and sustainment-ready solutions. Berenato maintains consistent contracting relationships with industry leaders including Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, Damen Shipbuilding & Cooperation B.V., G.S.E. Dynamics, Inc., and Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC. These partnerships reflect a focus on large-scale, technically complex programs involving vessel construction, electronic warfare systems, and integrated combat suites. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting, technical rigor, and long-term sustainment planning, often engaging prime contractors with proven capabilities in naval systems integration and defense-grade manufacturing. Her contracting portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, reflecting a strategic emphasis on acquiring high-complexity, mission-critical systems where scale, technical depth, and industrial capacity are paramount. While small business participation is not formally prioritized in her portfolio, this reflects the nature of the procurements rather than a policy preference, as many requirements demand Tier-1 defense contractors with specialized naval expertise and certified production facilities. Berenato’s primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 334511 (nautical and aeronautical systems) and 336611 (shipbuilding and repair), indicating deep expertise in radar, sonar, guidance systems, hull structures, and dry-dock modernization. She routinely manages acquisitions for classified and unclassified naval electronics, propulsion integration, and survivability enhancements, underscoring her technical proficiency in maritime defense systems engineering and procurement compliance.