DLA News Archive

June 16, 2025

Agency shifts logistics strategy for readiness in unpredictable conditions

RICHMOND, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency is shifting its approach to supply chain readiness, the agency’s director said at the DLA Supply Chain Alliance Symposium and Exhibition at the Greater Richmond Convention Center June 12.

June 11, 2025

Defense leaders outline challenges, needed supply chain transformations

RICHMOND, Va. — Data-driven risk management, interoperability, and modernized supply chains are critical to warfighter readiness, defense leaders said during a Voice of the Customer Panel that concluded the first day of the Defense Logistics Agency’s 2025 Supply Chain Alliance Symposium and Exhibition here June 11.

June 11, 2025

Partnerships take center stage at 2025 DLA Supply Chain Symposium

RICHMOND, Va. — Amid rising global tensions and stressed supply chains, the Defense Logistics Agency’s 2025 Supply Chain Alliance Symposium and Exhibition opened June 11 with a clear purpose: strengthening the defense industrial base through strategic partnerships.

Aug. 29, 2023

Vice director outlines DLA’s strategy for managing logistics in contested environments

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Assessing whether the right material is pre-positioned appropriately and near optimal distribution nodes is at the heart of DLA's efforts to posture itself for future operational challenges, DLA Vice Director Brad Bunn said at NDIA's Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference.

May 11, 2023

Small businesses are heartbeat of US economy, says DOD leader

RICHMOND, Va. — Recent data from the Defense Logistics Agency shows small business losses in the defense industrial base, there is positive news about the nation’s small businesses. Over the last two years, 10.5 million Americans applied to start small businesses and created 3.5 million jobs, which are record highs, said Farooq Mitha, director of the Defense Department’s Office of Small Business Programs.

May 8, 2023

Industrial base strength is necessary for future DOD success, says former deputy defense secretary

RICHMOND, Va. — The defense industrial base is facing serious challenges, and now is the time to help those businesses before it is too late, a former deputy secretary of defense said May 3 at the Defense Logistics Agency Supply Chain Alliance Conference and Exhibition in Richmond, Virginia.

Feb. 16, 2023

DLA, TRANSCOM leaders outline logistics modernization efforts at defense industry forum

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Modernization and supply chain management were some of the topics discussed during a panel focusing on the Defense Logistics Agency and U.S. Transportation Command at the National Defense Industrial Association’s 37th Annual Logistics Forum held Feb. 8-9 in Orlando, Florida.

Feb. 6, 2019

Palmer talks support to tactical vehicle fleet at national conference

COLUMBUS, Ohio — DLA Land and Maritime Commander Navy Rear Adm. John Palmer highlighted the combat logistics agency’s support to the Department of Defense during his keynote presentation at the Tactical Wheeled Vehicles Conference Feb. 4 in Monterey, California.

April 19, 2018

DLA Troop Support senior leader speaks to Philly-area defense industry leaders

PHILADELPHIA — Air Force Col. Adrian Crowley, Industrial Hardware director, spoke to local business leaders at a National Defense Industry Association conference April 13 in Philadelphia.