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DCMA’s Red Ribbon Week starts Oct. 24. The drug-free lifestyle campaign is designed to raise awareness and provide resources, training and encouragement.

Oct. 19, 2016

Campaign unites employees in stand against drug abuse

FORT LEE, Va. — DCMA’s Red Ribbon Week starts Oct. 24. The drug-free lifestyle campaign is designed to raise awareness and provide resources, training and encouragement.

Work-life and wellness fitness coordinators Taylor Anderson and Tracey Brooks recently took over as the Defense Contract Management Agency’s representatives for keeping the workforce informed about health and wellness programs, leading exercise groups, providing nutrition counseling and many more free benefits to employees.

Oct. 17, 2016

New work-life team encourages exercise, healthy living

FORT LEE, Va. — Introducing the new representatives for everything health and wellness at DCMA

Tracy Jones, Defense Contract Management Office Phoenix lead quality assurance specialist, and his wife Melody, stand with astronauts Karen Nyberg and Jessica Meir following the presentation of the Silver Snoopy award during a ceremony held at the Johnson Space Center in Houston in August. (Courtesy photo)

Oct. 17, 2016

DCMA employees receive Silver Snoopy Award

FORT LEE, Va. — NASA recognized two Defense Contract Management Agency employees for contributions to flight safety and mission success.

Defense Contract Management Agency Baltimore employees contributed to the RQ-7B Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System drone reaching one million total flight hours. Pictured in the back row are Brenda Lamka, Cindy Monius, Sheldon Quinn, Ken Tempel, Mike Taylor, Gene Dehart, Mike Fay and Liz Feliciano. In the front row are John Kamerosky, Ed Hoke, Matt Smardon, Arien Young, Matt Lewis and Rodney Putnam. (Courtesy photo)

Oct. 14, 2016

DCMA helps RQ-7B hit major milestone

BALTIMORE — The RQ-7B TUAS Shadow is a long-winged, nine-hour endurance drone actively supporting the U.S. military, as well as armed forces in Italy, Sweden and Australia.

October is National Energy Action Month. Defense Contract Management Agency employees can implement simple steps to conserve energy to save money and help the environment. (Photo courtesy of Department of Energy)

Oct. 13, 2016

Make an effort to minimize energy consumption

FORT LEE, Va. — Everyone has a role in conserving energy.

Defense Contract Management Agency Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Wendy Masiello and James Russell, deputy director, congratulate Keith Kalbfleisch at the agency’s Worldwide Training Conference in June on receiving the 2016 Outstanding Personnel of the Year award for his work on developing an idea to automate Program Assessment Reports. Kalbfleisch, the engineering and manufacturing director at DCMA Lockheed Martin Orlando, and others from around the agency, provided input and lessons learned to create a faster and better way to provide the timely reports to customers. (DCMA photo by Tonya Johnson)

Oct. 7, 2016

DCMA LM Orlando employee develops idea to automate program assessment reports

ORLANDO — “In the long term, we should see an improved understanding of surveillance processes, deeper comprehension of contractor issues and improved customer satisfaction,” said Keith Kalbfleisch, the engineering and manufacturing director at DCMA Lockheed Martin Orlando.

A Rockwell Collins customer support specialist fits and issues an F-35 Lightning II Generation III Helmet Mounted Display System at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The Defense Contract Management Agency and Rockwell Collins signed a Memorandum of Agreement Sept. 21, establishing an improved process for procurement of commercial items for military application.

Sept. 30, 2016

DCMA, Rockwell Collins sign historic MOA

“This landmark agreement will greatly streamline the acquisition process for commercial and commercial-like items,” said Air Force Lt. Gen. Wendy Masiello.

The Defense Contract Management Agency has a new public website, designed around a new content management system that allows for faster updating while also bringing the look and feel more closely in line with other Department of Defense sites.

Sept. 28, 2016

DCMA launches new website

FORT LEE, Va. — The Defense Contract Management Agency has a new public face. Effective Sept. 29, the agency’s web address will take visitors to a fresh site.