Karette A Armstrong

Karette A. Armstrong supports the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division, in executing mission-critical procurement activities aligned with the U.S. Navy’s shipboard systems modernization and sustainment goals. Though her formal title is not specified, her procurement responsibilities center on acquiring advanced engineering services, industrial machinery, and specialized components essential for maintaining and upgrading surface ship platforms. She manages acquisitions spanning propulsion systems, damage control infrastructure, ballast control, and industrial control systems, ensuring technical compliance with naval operational standards and lifecycle sustainment requirements. Armstrong maintains established working relationships with key defense contractors including FAIRBANKS MORSE, LLC, LEIDOS, INC., ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION, G. S. E. DYNAMICS, INC., and KAMPI COMPONENTS CO INC. These partnerships reflect a focus on high-reliability mechanical and electro-mechanical systems, with contractors delivering engineered solutions for naval propulsion, automation, and shipboard integration. Her contracting patterns indicate a preference for established industry partners with proven technical capabilities in naval environments, often leveraging indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) and performance-based contract structures to ensure responsive, mission-aligned support. Her procurement portfolio exhibits a strong emphasis on open competition, with 84.2% of awards issued without set-aside restrictions, reflecting a prioritization of technical capability and mission readiness over socioeconomic preferences. Nevertheless, she consistently allocates 15.8% of awards to total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured commitment to small business participation without compromising system performance requirements. Armstrong’s primary NAICS focus includes commercial and industrial machinery repair (811310), machine tool manufacturing (333517), plastics material production (325211), industrial laundering (812332), and metal container manufacturing (332439). These categories underscore her technical domain expertise in shipboard maintenance systems, custom fabrication, and industrial support infrastructure critical to naval vessel operational readiness and longevity.