Document Standardization Division

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DLA Weapons Support (Columbus) serves as a Preparing Activity or technical agent for thousands of standardization documents covering a wide variety of electronic components and other items. Our engineers and technicians coordinate and prepare technical documents in 70 Federal Supply Classes, and provide engineering support to War Department customers using these documents.

Electronic commodities covered include passive components, electromechanical components, connectors and sockets, semiconductors, microcircuits, wire and cable and fiber optics.

Hardware commodities covered include hoses, fittings, vehicle and engine components, pumps, pipe, tubing and powered and nonpowered valves.

Electronic copies of specifications, standards, handbooks, drawings and commercial item descriptions can be downloaded from our website. DLA Weapons Support (Columbus) has over 16,000 files available, including base documents, amendments, notices, etc.

The Document Standardization Division also oversees the Parts Support and Standardization Activity which performs a variety of functions such as Parts Management, Lead Standardization Activity and Item Reduction, intended to support the military services and implement standardization across weapon/non-weapon system platforms.

Comments or questions about the content presented may be emailed to the VaWebTeam@dla.mil.

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Parts Management Program

Item Reduction Program

Our mission is to standardize items used throughout the War Department to the highest practical degree by using single specifications and standards and reducing the number of sizes and kinds of items that are generally similar. The objectives are to consolidate requirements under standard NSNs, thereby improving the operational readiness of our military customers, and to conserve resources.

For comments or questions about the DLA Weapons Support (Columbus) Item Reduction Program, email us at: DSCC.ItemReduction@dla.mil.

Standardization Management Activity

The mission of the Standardization Management Activity (SMA) is to support the DLA Weapons Support (Columbus) Supply Chains and other DOW activities through standardization, which promotes competition, improves the quality of parts, and helps reduce proliferation in the DOW Supply System. The Standardization Management Activity support focuses on the oversight and policy implementation of the various facets of the DOW Standardization Program and functions as the Lead Standardization Activity (LSA) for various DLA Weapons Support (Columbus) managed Federal Supply Classes (FSCs). To request a standardization project approval or obtain technical assistance for a particular FSC, contact the applicable LSA shown below.

The DLA Weapons Support (Columbus) Document Standardization Division is responsible for the following:

LSA for FSCs: 2530, 2540, 2541, 2590, 2910, 2920, 2930, 2940, 2990, 30GP, 3010, 3020, 3040, 3950, 4030, 4330, 4440, 47GP, 4710, 4720, 4730, 4820, 59GP, 5905, 5910, 5915, 5920, 5925, 5930, 5935, 5945, 5950, 5955, 5960, 5961, 5962, 5980, 5985, 5996, 5998, 5999, 60GP, 6010, 6020, 6021, 6030, 6032, 6035, 6060, 6070, 6080, 6099, 6145, 6160

Technical Assistance for items procured by DLA Weapons Support (Columbus) - FSCs: 1005, 1010, 1015, 1020, 1025, 1030, 1035, 1040, 1045, 1055, 1075, 1080, 1090, 1095, 1420, 1430, 1440, 1450, 1710, 1720, 1740, 2010, 2020, 2030, 2040, 2050, 2060, 2090, 2510, 2520, 2805, 2815, 2820, 2825, 2895, 3030, 3960, 4310, 4320, 4410, 4420, 4460, 4610, 4620, 4810, 4910, 4921, 4923, 4940, 5419, 5420, 5810, 5811, 5820, 5825, 5840, 5845, 5850, 5855, 5860, 5865, 5895, 5930, 5963, 5965, 5990, 6015, 6031, 6135, 6140, 6625, 6160

Also see DSP Journal

For the Document Standardization Division (VA) Chief, please contact us:

Email:    VAChief@dla.mil
Phone:    (614) 693-3273
DSN:   392-693-3273

For LSA General Standardization Questions or Content Inquiries, please contact us:

Email: DSCC.Standardization@dla.mil
Phone: (614) 693-0172
DSN: 392-693-0172