WARFIGHTER ALWAYS

The Nation’s Combat Logistics Support Agency

Established 1961

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

DLA

Engineering & 

Technical Support (V)

Eugene Williams, Director

Renee Magill, Deputy Director

Controlled by: DLA L&M - V

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POC: jessica.clark@dla.mil
Engineering and Technical 

Support

Mission

Provide technical and logistics solutions with responsive 

risk-managed engineering and testing services to the DoD 

supply chain. 

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CUI

Product Verification 

VPV

Andy Sammons

Document Standardization

Division

VA

Charles Saffle

2 -0540

Active Devices 

VAC

Muhammad Akbar

DLA Land and Maritime 

Engineering and Technical Support Directorate (V)

Director – Eugene Williams 2-8781 

Deputy Director – Renee Magill 2-5341

Administrative Assistant – Jessica Clark 2-3251

Management Analysts –

Anthony Matthews 2-8294/Kathleen Denson 2-5451

Interconnection 

VAI

Abdonasser Abdouni

Microelectronics

VAS

James Eschmeyer

Electronic Components

VAT

Michael Radecki 

Value Management

Division

VE

Jonelle Lyons

2-7153

Value Engineering

VEB

Alex Baillieul

Value Management

VEE

Eric Wilde

Product Data & Verification 

Division 

VP

Dave McGraw

2-3251

Sourcing & Qualifications 

Division

VQ

Rob Heber

2-0538

Custom Devices 

VQC

Michael Adams

Electronics Devices

VQE

Ray Kolonchuk 

Hybrid Devices

VQH

Chris Hancock

Passive Devices

VQP

John Casto 

Product Test Center 

Division

VT

John Elavsky

2-9857

Electronic Active Devices 

VTA

Eric Kelly

Passive/ Electromechanic

VTP

Eric Kelly

Mechanical 

VTM

Jeffrey Fleeger

Product Data

VPT 

Robert Martell 

Common Support

Team VPTC 

Matthew Eitel

Land Support 

Team VPTL 

Maritime Support

VPTM 

Deylon Watson

DMSMS/SDS

VEE1 (VSD)

Stephen Foster

Industrial Spec

VEB1 (VSD1)

Eugene Mitchell

Revised 03/7/2023

Packaging 

VPTL1 (VSP)

Arretta Griffith

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Website

https://landandmaritimeapps.dla.mil/programs/milspec/

Document Standardization 

Division (VA)

• Preparing activity for 73 Federal Stock

Classes (FSCs):

‒ Develop, coordinate, approve military

specifications/standards

‒ Work with DoD customers and industry on nongovernment standards

‒ Develop military and commercial engineering

drawings

• Parts Engineering Support:

‒ Engineering support on parts issues

‒ Assists equipment manufacturers with parts

evaluations

‒ Assists Engineering Support Activities (ESAs)

with technical evaluations

• Parts Standardization/Item Reduction

• Data Cleansing Program to correct TIR

NSN data

• Section 508 Compliance Requirement

(Rehabilitation Act of 1973)

Mission:

To provide the warfighter with the standardization of 

equipment, parts, and materials that are 

interoperable, reliable, and technologically superior.

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Count Total

Active 5,535

Inactive (for New Design) 1,674

Cancelled 4,102

Land & Maritime Drawings 1,145 1,145

Standard Microcircuit Drawings (SMDs) 4,235

Vendor Item Drawing (VIDs) 721

17,412

275,244

11,311

4,956

Preparing Activity (PA) Document Total

Standardization Documents

# NSNs on Total Documents

Assist

5962
• Provides DoD with pre-approved suppliers

of standardized parts

• Serves as DoD National Qualifying Activity

for assigned FSCs:

‒ Suppliers seek qualification through VQ

– https://www.dla.mil/LandandMaritime/Offers/Ser

vices/TechnicalSupport/SourcingDiv/

• Land & Maritime Counterfeit Mitigation POC

• Program Benefits:

‒ Verifies capability and compliance to

requirements 

‒ Improves availability and lead times, plus 

reduces backorders

‒ Lowers life cycle cost

‒ One-stop shopping lists of qualified 

suppliers/parts

‒ Provides DoD tremendous audit/testing savings 

Sourcing and Qualification 

Division (VQ)

Mission:

To establish and maintain a known-good supplier 

base that have successfully demonstrated their 

products met the specified performance, quality, and 

reliability levels via the DoD Product Qualification 

Program.

Qualification Requirements:

• Submit Package

• Provide Testing

• Pass Audit

• Submit Retention Reports

CONUS OCONUS

Manufacturer 389 139 528

Dealer 40 0 40

Test Lab 110 10 120

Total 539 149 688

Location

Type Total

Qualification Participants

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Product Verification Program:

• Ensure “Right Item” is provided to the

Warfighter

• Identify product discrepancies through

various test programs and material audits

• Government/Industry Data Exchange

Program (GIDEP) notices

• Counterfeit Material/Unauthorized Product

Substitution (CM/UPS)

– Interdisciplinary Team includes Legal,

Contracting Officers, PTC, and criminal

investigators

• Reduce material management cost

• Increase product reliability

Product Data & Verification 

Management Division (VP)

Product Data Management:

• Acquire and authenticate technical data

• Create Technical Data Packages

• Manage classified technical data for the

DLA Enterprise

• Validate and provide data uploads for

Long Term Contracts

• Manage cFolders

– Add authorized vendors to solicitation user

groups

• Manage Non-Disclosure & Rights data

Packaging Support:

• Validate or Resolve Unit of Issue/Quantity Unit Pack data

• Process packaging related quality discrepancies

• Process Purchase Requisition (PR) & Contract (PO) Packaging reviews

• Provide Packaging Training Vendor Outreach for TKO’s and PTACs

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• Pre-acceptance of Contract Delivery:

‒ Product Verification Tests (PVT)

‒ First Article Testing (FAT)

‒ Production Lot Testing (PLT)

• Directed Testing:

‒ Product Quality Deficiency Reports (PQDRs)

‒ CM/UPS (Fraud Investigations) 

‒ Shelf-Life Evaluations

‒ Material Returns 

‒ Stock Screenings 

• Conformance Testing of DLA stock:

‒ Targeted Sampling Programs

• Fixturing Shop Services

• Reverse Engineering / R&D Support

• Calibration

• Training

• Consultations/Technical Support

Product Test Center (VT)

Customers:

• DLA Major Subordinate Command (MSC’s)

• External Customers

Test Labs:

• Electronics (VTA/VTP) - L&M

• Mechanical (VTM) – L&M

Value of Testing:

• Ensures Product Conformance

• Mitigates the Risk of Counterfeit Parts entering

Supply Chains

• Reduces Customer Complaints

• Reduces Material Cost

• Identifies Questionable Sources

Mission:

Maintain the capabilities to provide testing results and 

technical support that is accurate, timely, and completed in 

a cost-effective manner

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Mechanical Product Test Center:

• Mechanical Testing - tensile properties, thread

tests, failure analysis, protective finish, shear, thermal,

hermetic, and calibration.

• Metrology (equipment) - coordinate measuring

machines, optical measuring machines, circular

geometry machinery, optical comparators, and a variety

of other free standing and hand-held measuring

equipment.

• Non-Destructive Testing - inspection methods

include magnetic particle, liquid penetrant, ultrasonic,

and eddy current.

• Performance Testing – hydrostatic and air

pressure testing.

• Metallurgical - OES and XRF chemical analysis of

alloys, microstructure analysis, hardness,

microhardness, plating and finish analysis.

Product Test Center (VT)

Electronic Product Test Center:

• Electrical Testing - using analog and digital test

equipment

• Environmental Simulation/Reliability Tests

• Destructive Physical Analysis - detailed

examination of a component in various states of

physical disassembly to identify discrepancies and their

probable cause

• Failure Analysis - usually consists of a series of

nondestructive and destructive tests to determine the

failure mode

• Materials Analysis - determine material

composition by identifying chemical elements within the

component

• Qualification Testing - Approved to conduct

qualification testing to selected Military Specifications

• Performance Testing

• Non-Destructive Testing

• PROM / ROM – Program microcircuits per customer

• DNA Marking Program - Device authentication

• Battery Test Program

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• Price Challenge Program Review:

‒ Review pricing complaints from customers

• Should Cost Program:

‒ Assist buyers in determining intrinsic cost of an item

for pre-award evaluation and price negotiations

• Breakout Program:

– Review contractor Source Approval Requests

(SARs), identify available technical data for

procurements, and recommend additional sources.

• Replacement Parts, Purchase or Borrow

Program (RPPOB):

‒ Avenue for contractors to obtain government 

approved parts for developing Reverse Engineering 

SARs 

• Value Engineering Change Proposals

(VECPs):

‒ Shared savings program for product improvements 

that are submitted and approved after contract 

award 

• Casting and Forging Program:

– Offer technical support on items that contain

castings or forgings (sources, pricing, and tooling)

• Organic Manufacturing (OM) Program:

‒ Obtain parts from military depots, arsenals, and

laboratories

Value Management and 

Engineering Support Division (VE)

• Engineering/Technical Support:

– “Single Face” to ESAs

– Resolve and/or Elevate Engineering issues

– Manage Support Agreements & Funding for

ESA/Testing

• Reverse Engineering Program:

‒ Replicate designs & develops technical data

packages 

• Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR):

‒ Research & Development program utilized to fund

breakout projects for items with obsolescence 

issues 

• Advanced/Additive Manufacturing Support:

‒ Support in developing process for 3D Printing

‒ Working with DLA HQ & Services on integrated plan

Mission:

Support our customers by offering engineering, technical, and 

supply chain support in resolving logistic type readiness 

issues while proactively incorporating cost saving measures

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• Hazardous Materials Support:

‒ Reduce hazardous materials in DLA managed

items

‒ Review Safety Data Sheet (formerly Material 

Safety Data Sheet) 

‒ Ensure latest chemical/item characteristics are 

current and safety/health warning labels 

addressed in DLA Contracts

‒ P.O.C. for Hazardous Minimization and Green 

Program Initiatives for DLA

• Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and

Material Shortages (DMSMS)

Management:

– Monitor End of Life Notices

– Sustainment – hard to procure items

‒ DLA Outreach w/ Vendors & Manufacturers

• General Emulation Microcircuits (GEM):

‒ Management of “General Emulations of

Microcircuits”

Value Management and 

Engineering Support Division (VE)

• WarStoppers Program:

– Develop and Monitor DoD Investment Strategies for

Readiness

– Partner with Industrial Base to gain access to

commercial inventory for acquisition support

– Identification of Critical Shortfalls in Industry

Capability and Capacity

– Contractor Performance History Assessment

– Industrial Base Planning

‒ Industrial Specialist:

‒ Business IQ Reports

‒ Risk assessment/DCMA oversight coordination

‒ Capability Questionnaires

‒ Pre-award Surveys (PAS) 

‒ DPAS Rating review/validation/update

• GFM/GFP:

– Government owned tooling and machinery

– Government owned material (raw material or

components)

– Government furnished materials (ammo, barrels,

etc.) 

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