DLA Special Studies
Bättra has been supporting the DLA Industrial Capability Program (HQ J-74 ICP) since 2011, and has led numerous industrial base assessments for the Agency’s most critical items, which typically involve the following services:
- Manufacturing and supply chain process mapping
- Supplier financial stability assessments
- Acquisition policy and strategy assessments
- Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Kaizen events with key suppliers
- Minimum Sustainment Rate (MSR) assessments
- Warstopper investment design and business case analysis
- Surge & Sustainment planning
- Supply chain risk and gap analysis
Example Critical Supply Chains

- MRE & Tray Pack H&S Thermal Processing & Assembly
- 1600R20 Heavy Truck Tire
- Extreme Cold Weather Clothing System Layer III
- AM2 Portable Runway Matting
- UH-60 Blackhawk critical bearing
- Nomex fibers
- F-15E Heads-Up-Display (HUD) combiner assembly
- Hard Body Armor
- Rotary Aircraft Critical Safety Items (CSI)
- Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH)