Lori A Rosario

Lori A. Rosario serves as a Contract Negotiator at Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, where she plays a critical role in securing advanced maritime technologies essential to naval dominance. Responsible for negotiating and managing complex procurement agreements, she supports the agency’s mission to develop, test, and evaluate cutting-edge undersea, surface, and aerial warfare systems. Her portfolio primarily encompasses contracts for sensor arrays, electronic warfare components, navigation systems, and integrated communication platforms, requiring deep technical understanding and strategic negotiation skills to align vendor capabilities with classified naval requirements. Rosario maintains consistent working relationships 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 partnerships reflect a focus on high-precision engineering firms capable of delivering ruggedized, mission-critical hardware and software solutions for naval platforms. Her approach emphasizes technical compliance, performance-based contracting, and long-term vendor collaboration to ensure system interoperability and sustainment across naval domains. Her contracting patterns show a strong preference for open competition, with 62.5% of awards issued without set-asides, while 37.5% are structured as Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5. This balanced approach underscores her commitment to fostering innovation from small businesses while maintaining access to Tier-1 defense contractors with proven capabilities in sensitive naval systems. Rosario’s procurement focus centers on NAICS categories including 334519 (Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing), 334310 (Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing), and 334511 (Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing). She specializes in acquiring sonar transducers, signal processing units, electronic connectors, and R&D services for physical and engineering sciences, reflecting deep expertise in maritime sensing and control technologies critical to undersea warfare.