Desiree DeRuyter

Desiree L. DeRuyter serves as a key procurement professional within the Naval Surface Warfare Center, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance surface warfare capabilities through the acquisition of advanced electronic, sensing, and communication systems. She manages a diverse portfolio of contracts focused on the development, integration, and sustainment of precision instrumentation, radar, sonar, and signal processing technologies critical to fleet readiness and undersea dominance. Her work ensures timely delivery of mission-critical systems by aligning acquisition strategies with operational requirements across naval platforms. DeRuyter maintains consistent working relationships with a core group of contractors including CYNERGY PROFESSIONAL SYSTEMS LLC, AEROSPACE & COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, and SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, among others. These partnerships reflect a preference for established defense technology providers with proven expertise in electronic systems engineering and mission-critical instrumentation. Her contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and long-term sustainment support, fostering collaborative vendor engagement to meet evolving naval warfare needs. Her procurement patterns demonstrate a strong emphasis on open competition, with 66.7% of awards issued without set-asides. However, she actively supports small business participation, allocating 22.2% of contracts to total small business set-asides and 11.1% to 8(a) competed awards, reflecting a balanced commitment to socioeconomic goals without compromising mission performance. This pattern underscores her ability to leverage small business innovation while maintaining access to high-capacity defense contractors. DeRuyter’s primary NAICS focus lies in instrument manufacturing for electrical signal measurement (334515) and industrial process control systems (334513), with significant activity in radio and communications equipment (334220) and navigation system instrumentation (334511). Her acquisitions center on high-precision sensors, electronic warfare components, and maritime communication hardware, demonstrating deep technical fluency in naval electronic systems and a consistent alignment with the NSWC’s modernization priorities.