Logistics Agency Outlines Cost-Cutting Efforts

The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency has laid out details of plans to cut costs and increase efficiency as part of a larger Pentagon reform program, reports the Dept. of Defense.

The DLA will pursue price reductions of as much as 10 percent in select areas by providing a greater focus on reasonable prices, incorporating price-reduction factors in strategic sourcing opportunities and establishing more long-term contracts, said Navy Vice Adm. Alan S. Thompson, the head of the...