Nicholas P Sanginario

Nicholas P. Sanginario serves as a key procurement professional within Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, supporting the Department of the Navy’s mission to advance maritime warfare capabilities through the acquisition of advanced sensor, navigation, and electronic warfare systems. He manages complex contracts for research, development, testing, and evaluation of undersea, surface, and aerial domain technologies, ensuring alignment with naval operational requirements. His portfolio centers on high-technology systems requiring rigorous technical validation, including integrated communication architectures, signal processing hardware, and mission-critical instrumentation. Sanginario maintains strong 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 preference for vendors with proven expertise in naval systems integration, test and evaluation infrastructure, and ruggedized electronic components. His contracting approach emphasizes technical collaboration, performance-based outcomes, and long-term vendor engagement to support sustained capability upgrades. He exhibits a pronounced commitment to small business participation, with over half of his acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to foster innovation from agile, niche providers while ensuring broad socioeconomic inclusion across the defense industrial base. His contracting patterns consistently prioritize small business eligibility, reinforcing NUWC Newport’s mandate to leverage diverse supplier capabilities. His primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 334511 for search, detection, and navigation systems; 334112 for computer storage devices; and 541330 for engineering services. He routinely acquires sonar arrays, underwater transducers, embedded computing platforms, and custom software for signal analysis, demonstrating deep technical fluency in naval electro-optical and acoustic systems. His expertise ensures that acquisitions meet stringent military specifications while supporting next-generation undersea dominance.