DLA Headquarters News

April 21, 2020

DLA employees share COVID-19 resilience messages

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — Since the coronavirus has resulted in state-mandated stay-at-home orders and widespread telework, Defense Logistics Agency employees are connecting with colleagues through a new video series, “COVID-19 Messages of Resilience,” available on DLA’s Facebook page and the DLA resiliency website.

April 21, 2020

Procurement assistance program helps small businesses navigate pandemic

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — The Procurement Technical Assistance Program was authorized by Congress in 1985 to help expand the number of businesses participating in government contracts. The Defense Department recently designated the DLA-administered program as critical essential infrastructure.

April 20, 2020

DLA helps Army donate 1,300 cots to the Philippines’ COVID-19 response

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The cancellation of an annual field exercise allowed for the quick donation of the excess bedding units to the longtime treaty partner.

April 20, 2020

Coronavirus: Protecting yourself and DLA from cyber threats

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The coronavirus pandemic has created stress and fear for many, and unfortunately, hackers are taking advantage of the situation in cyberspace. With an unprecedented number of Defense Logistics Agency employees – as many as 20 to 25 thousand – teleworking in response to the coronavirus, the agency faces increased security risks. 

April 20, 2020

DLA Distribution Susquehanna ships urgent COVID-19 supplies

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — The Defense Department’s largest distribution processing facility continues packing and shipping vital supplies to military services and federal agencies supporting the global COVID-19 response.

April 17, 2020

DLA Distribution San Diego providing mission essential support to national fight against COVID-19

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Employees with the Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Diego are providing mission essential support to the ongoing national fight against COVID-19 by providing critical supplies to the USNS MERCY currently docked at the Port of Los Angeles. The ship and its medical crew were deployed to alleviate the load on the local healthcare system by taking onboard non-COVID-19 patients.

April 16, 2020

DLA Disposition Services makes excess military items available for COVID-19 response

BATTLE CREEK, Michigan — Government organizations and nationwide hospitals are getting valuable assets to confront the coronavirus pandemic from a Defense Department asset that manages the military’s excess equipment.

April 15, 2020

DLA Research & Development supporting COVID-19 response with face shields, advanced manufacturing 

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency will deliver 11,000 face shields to New York City medical workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 response by coupling a novel acquisition approach and one of DLA’s Research & Development projects using advanced manufacturing technology.

April 14, 2020

DLA Energy maintains fuel quality with modified procedures

Quality assurance representatives at DLA Energy are modifying procedures to ensure military fuel remains on-spec during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are closely synchronizing fuel movements with suppliers, and in some cases where there is an acceptable level of risk to the supply chain, using remote oversight methods to overcome restricted travel and social distancing requirements.

April 14, 2020

DLA Aviation monitors, expands contract to include COVID-19 combatants

RICHMOND, Va. — In February, DLA Aviation started looking at its chemical, petroleum, oils and lubricants contract with Science Applications International Corporation to review products available to fight the spread of the coronavirus.

April 13, 2020

Agency locates 47,000 excess N95 masks for Coast Guard responders

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A respirator lot was retrieved by DLA Disposition Services personnel from an excess property contract sales warehouse where they had been sent prior to the coronavirus outbreak.

April 13, 2020

Teamwork provides protective masks quickly

ALBANY, Georgia — Quick efforts by elements of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the Defense Logistics Agency and U.S. Transportation Command moved 154,000 N95 masks from storage at Albany, Georgia, to make them available to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services or the military in their response to COVID-19.

April 10, 2020

Scholarships available for students of Defense Logistics Agency employees

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The DLA Foundation is offering scholarships to students who have a close family connection to a current or past civilian or military Defense Logistics Agency employee.

April 10, 2020

Aviation signs contract to certify engine part built through additive manufacturing process for airworthiness

RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, the Air Force and General Electric signed a contract March 17 to construct and evaluate an engine part for airworthiness produced using additive manufacturing processes. It is a first for DLA and the Air Force.

April 7, 2020

Logistics data experts help fight against COVID-19

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — It takes a lot of supplies and many types of equipment to fight a pandemic. Recently, logistics data experts at the Defense Logistics Agency’s Logistics Information Services used their skills to help customers find materials they need to battle the COVID-19 virus.