Defense Logistics Agency selects Google Public Sector to modernize global supply chain operations – the agency’s first AI-ready commercial cloud partnership

The backbone of U.S. national defense is a resilient, intelligent, and secure supply chain. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) manages this critical mission, overseeing the end-to-end global supply chain for all five military services, military commands, and a host of federal and international partners.

Today, Google Public Sector is proud to announce a new $48 million contract with the DLA to support its vital mission. Through a DLA Enterprise Platform agreement, Google Public Sector will provide a modern, secure, and AI-ready cloud foundation to enhance DLA’s operational capabilities and provide meaningful cost savings. This marks a pivotal moment for the DoD – away from legacy government clouds and onto a modern, born-in-the-cloud provider that is also a DoD-accredited commercial cloud environment.

The Need for a Modern Foundation

To effectively manage a supply chain of global scale and complexity, DLA requires access to the most advanced digital tools available. Previously, DLA, like many other federal agencies and organizations across the federal government, were restricted to a “GovCloud” environment, which are isolated and often less-reliable versions of commercial clouds. These limitations created challenges in data visualization, interoperability between systems, and network resiliency, while also contributing to high infrastructure and support costs.

The driver for change was clear: a need for a modern, scalable, and secure platform to ensure mission success into the future. By migrating to Google Cloud, DLA will be able to harness modern cloud best practices combined with Google’s highly performant and resilient cloud infrastructure.

A Modern, Secure, and Intelligent Platform

DLA leadership embraced a forward-thinking approach to modernization, partnering with Google Public Sector to deploy the DLA Enterprise Platform. This multi-phased approach provides a secure, intelligent foundation for transformation, delivering both immediate value and a long-term modernization roadmap.

The initial phase involved migrating DLA’s key infrastructure and data onto Google Cloud which will provide DLA with an integrated suite of services to unlock powerful data analytics and AI capabilities—turning vast logistics data into actionable intelligence with tools like BigQuery, Looker, and Vertex AI Platform. Critically, the platform is protected end-to-end by Google’s secure-by-design infrastructure and leading threat intelligence, ensuring DLA’s mission is defended against sophisticated cyber threats.

By leveraging Google Cloud, DLA will be empowered to:

• Optimize logistics and reduce costs through the migration of business planning resources to a more efficient, born-in-the-cloud infrastructure.
• Enhance decision-making with advanced AI/ML for warehouse modernization and transportation management.
• Improve collaboration through a more connected and interoperable technology ecosystem.
• Strengthen security by defending against advanced cyber threats with Mandiant’s expertise and Google Threat Intelligence.

Google Public Sector’s partnership with DLA builds on the momentum of its recent $200 million-ceiling contract award by the DoD’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) to accelerate AI and cloud capabilities across the agency. We are honored to support DLA’s mission as it takes this bold step into the future of defense logistics.

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