May 27, 2025
            
                 DLA Symposium to equip small businesses, features key matchmaking event 
            
            
                
                
                    RICHMOND, Va. —
                
                
                The Defense Logistics Agency is gearing up to host the DLA Supply Chain Alliance Symposium and Exhibition on June 11-12 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, with a significant focus on empowering small businesses within the defense industrial base. 
This year’s event, themed “Driving Combat Readiness: Leveraging Partnerships to Strengthen the Defense Industrial Base,” is a collaboration with the National Defense Industrial Association and promises insights from industry leaders, senior defense officials, and general/flag officers.