Christopher Letts

Christopher Letts serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NAVSURFWARCEN PHIL), supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to modernize and sustain surface ship systems. He manages complex acquisitions for mission-critical software, shipboard integration, and industrial control infrastructure, ensuring naval platforms maintain operational readiness through advanced engineering solutions. His portfolio centers on software publishers and shipbuilding systems, with a focus on procurement processes that align with Navy technical standards and lifecycle sustainment requirements. Letts plays a vital role in translating operational needs into contract requirements for digital systems that enhance propulsion, damage control, and ballast automation across the fleet. Letts maintains strategic relationships with leading defense and industrial contractors including FAIRBANKS MORSE, LLC, LEIDOS, INC., ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION, G. S. E. DYNAMICS, INC., and KAMPI COMPONENTS CO INC. These partnerships reflect a preference for established prime contractors with proven expertise in naval propulsion systems, embedded software, and shipboard electronics integration. His contracting patterns emphasize long-term vendor collaboration, technical validation, and systems-level compliance, ensuring seamless interoperability of hardware and software across naval platforms. Letts’ procurement activity is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a deliberate focus on technical capability and mission-critical performance over socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing proven systems integrators with the scale and expertise required for complex naval engineering projects. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in his portfolio, the structure of his contracts often enables subcontracting opportunities through prime contractor teaming arrangements. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 513210 (Software Publishers), accounting for 87.5% of activity, where he acquires embedded software, real-time control systems, and shipboard data integration platforms. The remaining 12.5% targets NAICS 336611 (Ship Building and Repairing), emphasizing propulsion subsystems and mechanical-electrical integration. Letts’ expertise spans naval digital architecture, industrial control networks, and mission-critical software lifecycle management.