Stiletto

Stiletto serves as a key procurement lead within the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock (N00167), responsible for managing complex acquisitions in support of the Department of the Navy’s maritime technology modernization mission. Focused on advanced naval systems, Stiletto oversees the solicitation and award of contracts for mission-critical sensors, navigation systems, and signature management technologies essential to enhancing vessel stealth, survivability, and operational effectiveness. Their work directly enables the Center’s R&D and testing objectives by securing cutting-edge hardware and integrated systems that align with naval warfare requirements for undersea and surface platforms. Stiletto maintains consistent procurement relationships with industry leaders such as BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., GOODRICH CORP, and AEROSPACE & COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, partnering primarily with established defense contractors with proven expertise in aerospace and naval systems integration. These relationships reflect a preference for vendors with deep technical capabilities in electro-optical sensing, guidance systems, and hydrodynamic instrumentation. Collaborations are typically structured around performance-based contracts requiring rigorous testing and validation under operational maritime conditions. Stiletto’s procurement portfolio is entirely non-set-aside, with 100% of awards issued under full and open competition. This reflects a strategic emphasis on technical superiority and mission readiness over socioeconomic set-asides, prioritizing capability and performance over vendor classification. While small business participation is not formally incentivized in this portfolio, vendors of all sizes are evaluated solely on technical merit, system reliability, and compliance with Navy-specific performance standards. The primary NAICS focus is 334511, encompassing the procurement of advanced nautical and aeronautical systems, including search and detection instrumentation, guidance and navigation suites, and integrated sensor architectures. Stiletto’s expertise lies in acquiring high-precision systems for signature reduction, underwater acoustics, and real-time tactical data processing—core domains critical to the Navy’s next-generation surface and submarine platforms.