Defense Contract Management Agency

05/29/2026

Leading up to our nation’s semiquincentennial, launched a campaign to highlight its team members’ dedication and expertise.

With a combined 255 years of experience, this team of DCMA Missiles Tucson professionals are trained and focused on agency and U.S. Department of War mission priorities. The office manages over 3,000 contracts valued at $153 billion across 30+ programs, specifically supporting five DOW critical munition initiatives for the joint force and active combat operations, including the recent Operation Midnight Hammer and Operation Epic Fury.
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DCMA Missiles Tucson team totals 255 years of professional experience

05/28/2026

As our nation's 250th anniversary approaches, we're highlighting 10 key moments in defense acquisition history.

As World War II swept through Europe in the late 1930s and early '40s, the U.S. defense industry was growing, and along with it concerns of war profiteering and waste.

On March 1, 1941, the Senate Special Committee to Investigate Contracts Under the National Defense Program was established, later known as the Truman Committee, after its chair then-Senator Harry Truman. The effort was one of the first large-scale government defense acquisition oversight projects and is credited with saving more than $10 billion.

By the end of 1941, the U.S. had entered the war, and a flurry of regulatory acts and boards followed to spur domestic defense production as never before.

https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/investigations/truman.htm

05/26/2026

Picatinny Arsenal’s Col. Deanne M. Ojeda, stepped out of her role as Commander, Defense Contract Management Agency Springfield to deliver remarks to high school seniors who committed to serve in the military after graduation.

Army Col. Deanne Ojeda, DCMA Springfield's commander, delivered remarks to high school graduates and their family members.

05/25/2026

Memorial Day is a solemn time to remember and honor those who have given their lives in service to our country.

As observes our nation's 250th anniversary year, we are reminded that America was founded upon sacrifice. Twenty-five thousand American service members were killed during the Revolutionary War, driven solely by a vision of what this country could be. Since then, more than a million more have made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of that vision.

Today thousands of our warfighters remain in harm's way, continuing a long line of service marked by both great victory and profound loss. The reality of this sacrifice is not confined to the wars of the past; it is immediate and ongoing.

Each year, we lose service members to combat, training accidents, terror attacks and other causes. We honor all of their memories and recognize the enduring sacrifices borne by their families.

05/22/2026

Leading up to our nation’s semiquincentennial, the Defense Contract Management Agency highlights what makes the agency great – our people and their knowledge. With a combined 251 years of experience six professionals from the Space Enterprise Sunnyvale contracting office are trained and focused on agency and U.S. Department of War mission priorities. The contracting office supports four major programs: Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, Space Based Infrared System, Fleet Ballistic Missile and Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Geosynchronous Earth Orbit.

The DCMA Space Enterprise team totals 251 years of professional experience.

05/21/2026

Defense Contract Management Agency’s 2026 INSIGHT magazine celebrates the organization’s civil servants and military service members who manage more than 300,000 contracts valued in excess of $11 trillion to support War Department mission priorities and America’s warfighters.

DCMA manages a critical mission that relies on acquisition expertise, dedication to a service-before-self mindset and a deep knowledge of the defense industrial base.

05/21/2026

As our nation's 250th anniversary approaches, we're highlighting 10 key moments in defense acquisition history.

World War I was a major leap in warfighting, introducing both tanks and aircraft to the battlefield.

At the war's close, the U.S. sought to ramp up production of military aircraft, and in 1921 Boeing was selected to produce 200 MB3As. A government office was set up inside Boeing's Seattle facility to represent the interests of the War Department. This first in-plant government contract management office later became known as DCMA Boeing Seattle, and is still going strong 105 years later, now known as DCMA Fixed Wing Puget Sound.

https://www.dcma.mil/News/Article-View/Article/2498188/dcma-boeing-seattle-ensuring-warfighter-lethality-since-1921/

05/19/2026

My DCMA showcases the Defense Contract Management Agency’s experienced and dedicated workforce and highlights what being a part of the national defense team means to them. Today, Katee Waydula shares her story.

Katee Waydula joined the agency almost two years ago.

05/19/2026

Vice Adm. Stephen Tedford, Director, and Command Master Sgt. Babatunji Akande, DCMA senior enlisted advisor, met with Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) director, to discuss supply chain analysis, additive manufacturing and the strong partnership between our agencies and desire to be a good partner on hiring.

05/16/2026

On Armed Forces Day, honors the approximately 1.34 million active-duty service members and 17.9 million U.S. military veterans who serve or served our country in all branches of the military.