Sept. 8, 2023

DCMA warms ‘Arctic Angels’

BOSTON — DCMA supported the rapid fielding of a new cold weather clothing system for soldiers in Alaska’s 11th Airborne Division in preparation for a winter training exercise.

Aug. 9, 2023

New commander takes reins of East Region

CHARLESTOWN, Mass. — Navy Capt. Nicola Gathright assumed command of DCMA’s Eastern Region from Navy Capt. Fred Dini. Army Lt. Gen. David Bassett, the agency’s director, presided over the ceremony aboard the USS Constitution in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Aug. 3.

July 19, 2023

My DCMA: Alex Caruso, contract administrator

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Alex Caruso is a contract administrator and former Keystone, who served DCMA at Liverpool, New York, before moving to the DCMA Syracuse geographic team to broaden his skillset.

July 7, 2023

DCMA Manassas earns Anti-Terrorism recognition

CHANTILLY, Va. — DCMA Manassas was recognized as the best Small Anti-Terror Program of the Year in the National Capital Region for the second time since 2018.

June 1, 2023

DCMA enables continued delivery of training helicopter

PHILADELPHIA — Earlier this year, the delivery acceptance of TH-73A trainer helicopters were halted due to a nonconforming antenna provided by a subcontractor. DCMA worked with the contractor for a variance that was approved by the Federal Aviation Administration that enabled continued delivery of the aircraft.

May 9, 2023

DCMA helps ensure timely delivery of critical submarine components

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — The timely intervention of a DCMA Naval Special Emphasis Operations quality assurance specialist ensured a critical component for a Los Angeles-class attack submarine was delivered with minimal delays, moving the submarine closer to returning to the fleet and resuming its role in deterring aggression and ensuring freedom of the seas.

May 3, 2023

My DCMA: Shawntá Francis, EVM specialist

WHITE MARSH, Md. — Shawntá Francis, an Earned Value Management specialist at DCMA Baltimore, was recently selected for an overseas position. She joined the DCMA team nine years ago.

April 10, 2023

DCMA St. Petersburg sets stage for next Artemis mission

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — DCMA St. Petersburg is playing a critical role to ensure key components of the spacecraft are ready for the first crewed lunar mission in more than half a century, which is scheduled for November 2024.

Feb. 1, 2023

CMT visits submarine shipyard, gains insight

GROTON, Conn. — “Without the factory floor insights, the American taxpayer wouldn’t receive fair value, the warfighter wouldn’t receive the right capability at the right time, and we wouldn’t have a robust and innovative defense industrial base that is postured to meet the demands of an ever-evolving national defense posture,” said Army Maj. Reed Timme, DCMA Hartford.

Dec. 23, 2022

QAS earns Defense Acquisition Workforce award

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — A DCMA employee received an award for implementing a process to return components back to the warfighter that were once deemed unusable scrap material. The process saved an estimated $98.4 million during the past four years.