Eric Lautenschlager

Eric Lautenschlager serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSSEA), supporting the acquisition and lifecycle management of naval vessels and mission-critical maritime systems. He plays a central role in executing the agency’s strategic mission to sustain and modernize the U.S. Navy’s fleet through complex shipbuilding and repair contracts. His work focuses on full-spectrum naval platform acquisition, encompassing design, construction, integration of combat systems, and mid-life modernization efforts. Lautenschlager manages high-stakes, technically demanding procurements under the NAICS 336611 classification, ensuring alignment with naval warfare requirements and fleet readiness objectives. He maintains consistent working relationships with prime contractors including Damen Shipbuilding & Cooperation B.V., Huntington Ingalls Incorporated, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, G.S.E. Dynamics, Inc., and Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC. These partnerships are primarily with large, established shipbuilders and defense integrators capable of delivering complex, high-assurance naval platforms and subsystems. His contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, systems integration, and adherence to stringent naval engineering and quality standards, reflecting a preference for proven industrial capability over experimental or emerging vendors. Lautenschlager’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% non-set-aside orientation, with no use of 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or other socioeconomic set-asides. This indicates a deliberate focus on acquiring specialized, large-scale naval systems that require mature industrial base capabilities, advanced technical infrastructure, and certified defense production capacity—domains where small business participation is currently limited by scale and certification requirements. His primary technical domain is shipbuilding and repair (NAICS 336611), with expertise in procuring surface and undersea vessel platforms, combat system integration, propulsion systems, and naval electronics. He specializes in end-to-end acquisitions that span from initial design phases through construction, testing, and in-service support, ensuring naval platforms meet operational readiness standards for modern warfare environments.