DLA News Archive

Feb. 1, 2026

From pools to lakes: DLA’s decades-long plunge into database management  

Many of the technological tools the Defense Logistics Agency depends on today, including artificial intelligence, wouldn’t exist if not for databases. Even before high-speed processors and probability-based algorithms, databases organized information in retrievable formats, a necessary precursor for AI agents returning in-depth answers to user prompts.  

Feb. 1, 2026

The Digital Quartermaster: Creating digital-powered supply chains for a contested logistical era 

DLA Troop Support is replacing outdated processes with new digital capabilities to strengthen warfighter readiness throughout the entire agency by changing its posture from reactive to proactive. These changes are bringing clarity to complexity, making data easier to understand. 

Feb. 1, 2026

Transforming the mission: Initiative builds DLA’s digital backbone 

The Defense Logistics Agency’s  Enterprise Resource Planning Transformation program  modernizes the agency’s logistics and financial systems and updates technology to build a digital advantage. The program helps ensure warfighters are always equipped for mission success in a rapidly evolving global landscape. 

Feb. 1, 2026

Nearing completion: WMS implementation enhances data-driven DLA Distribution operations    

As a cornerstone of its digital transformation strategy, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution is entering the final stages of a multi-year, enterprisewide Warehouse Management System implementation effort to modernize warehousing operations.  

Feb. 1, 2026

Monster Transformation: Leadership reflections on culture, systems, execution 

Large organizations today are no longer debating whether transformation is necessary. The more difficult and more consequential question is whether transformation is achievable under real-world constraints. This challenge is especially familiar to leaders operating inside large, mission-driven public institutions, where transformation must occur while sustaining ongoing operations, complying with statutory and fiscal requirements, and managing real workforce impacts. 

Feb. 1, 2026

Tech Acumen: A cornerstone of modern leadership in the digital era 

For over six decades, the Defense Logistics Agency has sustained U.S. military operations, ensuring warfighters receive critical support and supplies whenever and wherever required. Traditional manufacturing, communications, and transportation methods worked well to meet and deliver warfighter requirements for decades.  

Dec. 5, 2025

New issue of Loglines highlights ‘Agile Logistics for a Changing World’

The latest issue of the Defense Logistics Agency’s Loglines magazine is now available.

Nov. 1, 2025

Wargaming the future to sharpen readiness

In a world of evolving threats, the Defense Logistics Agency is using creative ways to prepare for future conflicts – one of those is wargaming. Earlier this year, DLA conducted a wargame exercise as part of its Campaign of Learning. Dubbed “Assassin’s Mace,” the tabletop wargame focused on a notional future conflict involving China and Taiwan.

Nov. 1, 2025

A conversation with the leaders of DLA Weapons Support

The Defense Logistics Agency stood up a new major subordinate command dedicated to supplying spare and repair parts to the military services Oct. 1, 2025. DLA Weapons Support integrates the missions of the former DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime into a single unified command responsible for weapon systems support to the joint force. In this interview, the new MSC’s leaders talk about the transformation, what it means for the agency, employees and warfighters, and what stakeholders can expect.

Nov. 1, 2025

Agile and adaptable: DLA Distribution Expeditionary capabilities adapt, excel in 2025

In an era marked by rapidly evolving technology and contested logistics, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Expeditionary capabilities enable warfighter readiness, multinational exercise support and humanitarian assistance.