Taylor Curtis

Taylor Curtis 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 cutting-edge sensor, navigation, and electronic warfare systems. Responsible for managing complex technical contracts, Curtis oversees the sourcing of mission-critical hardware and integrated systems used in undersea, surface, and aerial domains. Their work directly enables the development, testing, and evaluation of next-generation naval platforms, with a focus on high-reliability instrumentation and signal-processing technologies essential for operational superiority. Curtis maintains consistent partnerships 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 relationships reflect a preference for established industry partners with proven expertise in naval systems integration, test equipment, and precision electronic manufacturing. The contracting approach emphasizes technical rigor, compliance with military specifications, and long-term sustainment support, ensuring delivered systems meet stringent performance and environmental standards. Set-aside preferences indicate a strong orientation toward unrestricted competition, with 84.2% of awards issued without socioeconomic set-asides. Nevertheless, Curtis actively supports small business participation, with 15.8% of contracts awarded under total small business set-asides, demonstrating a balanced commitment to both mission readiness and socioeconomic contracting goals under FAR 19.5. The procurement portfolio is dominated by NAICS 334511, reflecting deep specialization in search, detection, navigation, and guidance systems, alongside significant activity in machine shops (332710) and electrical signal instrumentation (334515). Curtis routinely acquires advanced sonar arrays, electronic connectors, test instrumentation, and custom-machined components critical to naval platform modernization and undersea warfare readiness.