Lori A Rosario

Lori A. Rosario serves as a Contract Negotiator at Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, where she plays a pivotal role in securing critical technologies that advance naval warfare capabilities. She manages the negotiation and execution of complex procurements for advanced maritime systems, with a focus on sensor arrays, electronic warfare components, and integrated communication architectures essential for undersea, surface, and aerial domain superiority. Her work directly supports NUWC’s mission of research, development, testing, and evaluation of next-generation naval systems, ensuring acquisitions align with technical requirements and defense acquisition regulations. Rosario maintains strong working relationships with key industry partners including Science Applications International Corporation, Aerospace & Commercial Technologies, LLC, Astronics Test Systems Inc, Serco Inc, and Mikel Inc. These vendors are frequently engaged for their expertise in high-fidelity simulation, test instrumentation, and mission-critical electronics. Her negotiation approach emphasizes technical rigor, performance-based outcomes, and long-term sustainment planning, fostering collaborative partnerships with firms capable of delivering specialized, high-reliability systems under stringent military standards. She demonstrates a pronounced commitment to small business participation, with over 55% of her portfolio structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to cultivate innovation from small, agile vendors while ensuring competitive, compliant sourcing. Her contracting patterns consistently prioritize socioeconomic programs that enhance industry diversity and foster capability growth among small businesses in the defense technology sector. Her primary procurement focus centers on NAICS 334511 (search, detection, navigation, and nautical systems manufacturing) and 334519 (other measuring and controlling device manufacturing), with additional emphasis on engineering services (541330) and electronic computer manufacturing (334111). She routinely acquires precision instrumentation, signal processing hardware, and embedded systems integral to sonar, radar, and electronic countermeasure platforms, demonstrating deep technical fluency in naval electronic systems and test infrastructure.