Irma S. Mattei

Irma S. Mattei serves as a Contract Specialist at Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, where she plays a critical role in executing complex acquisitions that support the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance undersea, surface, and aerial warfare capabilities. She specializes in managing the full lifecycle of contracts for advanced maritime systems, with a primary focus on sensor technologies, electronic warfare components, and integrated communication systems essential for naval dominance. Her work ensures timely delivery of mission-critical equipment through rigorous compliance with federal acquisition regulations and strategic alignment with NUWC’s R&D priorities. Mattei maintains consistent partnerships with leading defense and aerospace contractors, including Science Applications International Corporation, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Astronics Test Systems Inc, Serco Inc, and Mikel Inc. These relationships reflect a pattern of engagement with firms possessing deep technical expertise in naval systems integration, test and evaluation, and specialized electronics manufacturing. Her procurement approach emphasizes performance-based contracting and technical validation, fostering long-term vendor collaboration grounded in mission readiness and innovation. A strong advocate for small business participation, Mattei structures approximately half of her acquisitions as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a deliberate commitment to expanding economic opportunity within the defense industrial base. While the remaining half are open to all competitors, her consistent use of small business set-asides underscores her alignment with federal socioeconomic goals and her proactive efforts to cultivate a diverse supplier pipeline. Her procurement activity is exclusively focused on NAICS 334310, Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing, reflecting a specialized technical domain centered on high-fidelity sonar arrays, underwater acoustic sensors, signal processing hardware, and mission-critical avionics systems. This narrow but highly specialized focus positions her at the nexus of defense electronics innovation, where she ensures the Navy’s cutting-edge maritime platforms are equipped with reliable, next-generation sensing and communication technologies.