SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT


       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange of 1934



                          Date of Report July 31, 1997


                                    DCX, Inc.
              ----------------------------------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Colorado                            0-14273                    84-0868815
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(State of                         (Commission                 (IRS Employer
incorporation)                    File Number)              Identification No.)



3002 North State Highway 83, Franktown, CO                      80116-0569
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(Address of principal executive offices)                         (Zip Code)



        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (303) 688-6070
                                                            -------------




                                 Not Applicable
                                 --------------
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 5, Other Events.

Postponement of Annual Shareholders' Meeting

The Board of  Directors  of the  Company  has  postponed  the annual  meeting to
September  29,  1997 when  said  meeting  will be held at 2:30 PM in the  Denver
Holiday Inn--Southeast, 3200 South Parker Road, Aurora, Colorado.

Designation of Series A Preferred Stock

On July 31, 1997, the Company received notice of the acceptance of the filing of
an amendment to its Articles of  Incorporation  on the same date  modifying  the
designation of its Series A 6% Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock
par value  $.001  ("Series  A  Preferred).  The  Amendment  to the  Articles  of
Incorporation  is attached to this  Report as Exhibit  3.2d,  and sets forth the
relative rights, designations, and preferences of the Series A Preferred.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number            Exhibit                                             Page
------            -------                                             ----

3.2d              Articles of Amendment to the Articles                4
                  of Incorporation of DCX, Inc.

Item 9. Sales of Equity Securities Pursuant to Regulation S.

On  August  1,  1997,  the  Company  sold a total of 650  shares  of Series A 6%
Cumulative  Convertible  Redeemable  Preferred  Stock par value $.001 ("Series A
Preferred"),  pursuant to Regulation S. The total  offering  price was $650,000.
Intercontinental  Holdings,  Inc., Atlanta, GA, acted as the Company's placement
agent for the transaction.  The sale was made in a private offshore  transaction
to  two  non  US  entities  who  represented  to  the  Company  that  they  were
sophisticated investors.

Terms of the Series A Preferred provide for cumulative  dividends at a 6% annual
interest  rate  payable  when,  as and if  declared,  payable in cash or, at the
option of the Company, in additional shares of Series A Preferred at the rate of
one share of Series A  Preferred  for each $1,000 of such  dividend  not paid in
cash. The dividends are cumulative whether or not earned. The Series A Preferred
has a stated  value of $1,000 per  share.  The  Series A  Preferred  do not have
voting rights.

Shares of Series A Preferred Stock have the following conversion rights:

(a) Each  holder of shares of Series A  Preferred  Stock shall have the right at
any time and from time to time  after  sixty  (60) days from the date on which a
share of Series A Preferred  Stock was issued  provided that the aggregate value
submitted  is at  least  $10,000  (unless  at the  time of such  conversion  the
aggregate  Stated  Value  registered  to the  Holder is less than  $10,000),  to
convert some or all such share(s) into fully paid and  non-assessable  shares of
Common Stock of the  Corporation  determined in accordance  with the  Conversion
Rate provided in Paragraph (b) below (the "Conversion Rate").

(b) The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon  conversion of each share
of Series A Preferred  Stock shall equal (1) the sum of (A) the Stated Value per
share and (B) accrued and unpaid dividends on such share(s),  divided by (2) the
Conversion  Price.  The Conversion  Price shall be equal to the less of: (1) the
average of the closing bid price of the Corporation's  Common Stock for five (5)
trading  days  immediately  preceding  the  date of  issuance  of the  Series  A


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Preferred Stock; or (2) seventy five percent (75%) of the average of the Closing
Bid Price for the five trading days immediately  preceding the conversion of the
Series A Preferred Stock. The closing bid price shall mean the closing bid price
of the  Corporation's  Common  Stock as reported  NASDAQ (or if not  reported by
NASDAQ as reported by such other exchange or market where traded).

The Series A Preferred  is subject to  mandatory  conversion  one year after the
date of issue.  The Company may not issue any additional  preferred  stock which
would  be  senior  to the  Series  A  Preferred  Stock  so long as any  Series A
Preferred is outstanding.

The Company paid a commission of ten percent of the total  offering price to the
placement agent and five per cent to its consultants,  Transition Partners, Ltd.
The holders of the 650 shares of Series A Preferred each have a demand and piggy
back registration

The private sale of the Series A Preferred  was exempt from  registration  under
Regulation  S. The sale was made in an offshore  transaction  to non US persons,
and the purchasers made  representations  to the Company  regarding their status
and actions necessary to comply with Regulation S.




                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                                       DCX, Inc.
                                                     (Registrant)





August 14, 1997                          /S/ Frederick G. Beisser
                                             -----------------------------------
                                                       (Signature)
                                                   Frederick G. Beisser
                                         Secretary, Treasurer & Vice President -
                                         Finance & Accounting

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange of 1934

                          Date of Report July 31, 1997

                                    DCX, Inc.
              ----------------------------------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Colorado                            0-14273                    84-0868815
--------                            -------                    ----------
(State of                         (Commission                 (IRS Employer
incorporation)                    File Number)              Identification No.)

3002 North State Highway 83, Franktown, CO                      80116-0569
------------------------------------------                      ----------
(Address of principal executive offices)                         (Zip Code)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (303) 688-6070
                                                            -------------

                                 Not Applicable
                                 --------------
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5, Other Events.

Postponement of Annual Shareholders' Meeting

The Board of  Directors  of the  Company  has  postponed  the annual  meeting to
September  29,  1997 when  said  meeting  will be held at 2:30 PM in the  Denver
Holiday Inn--Southeast, 3200 South Parker Road, Aurora, Colorado.

Designation of Series A Preferred Stock

On July 31, 1997, the Company received notice of the acceptance of the filing of
an amendment to its Articles of  Incorporation  on the same date  modifying  the
designation of its Series A 6% Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock
par value  $.001  ("Series  A  Preferred).  The  Amendment  to the  Articles  of
Incorporation  is attached to this  Report as Exhibit  3.2d,  and sets forth the
relative rights, designations, and preferences of the Series A Preferred.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number            Exhibit                                             Page
------            -------                                             ----

3.2d              Articles of Amendment to the Articles                4
                  of Incorporation of DCX, Inc.

Item 9. Sales of Equity Securities Pursuant to Regulation S.

On  August  1,  1997,  the  Company  sold a total of 650  shares  of Series A 6%
Cumulative  Convertible  Redeemable  Preferred  Stock par value $.001 ("Series A
Preferred"),  pursuant to Regulation S. The total  offering  price was $650,000.
Intercontinental  Holdings,  Inc., Atlanta, GA, acted as the Company's placement
agent for the transaction.  The sale was made in a private offshore  transaction
to  two  non  US  entities  who  represented  to  the  Company  that  they  were
sophisticated investors.

Terms of the Series A Preferred provide for cumulative  dividends at a 6% annual
interest  rate  payable  when,  as and if  declared,  payable in cash or, at the
option of the Company, in additional shares of Series A Preferred at the rate of
one share of Series A  Preferred  for each $1,000 of such  dividend  not paid in
cash. The dividends are cumulative whether or not earned. The Series A Preferred
has a stated  value of $1,000 per  share.  The  Series A  Preferred  do not have
voting rights.

Shares of Series A Preferred Stock have the following conversion rights:

(a) Each  holder of shares of Series A  Preferred  Stock shall have the right at
any time and from time to time  after  sixty  (60) days from the date on which a
share of Series A Preferred  Stock was issued  provided that the aggregate value
submitted  is at  least  $10,000  (unless  at the  time of such  conversion  the
aggregate  Stated  Value  registered  to the  Holder is less than  $10,000),  to
convert some or all such share(s) into fully paid and  non-assessable  shares of
Common Stock of the  Corporation  determined in accordance  with the  Conversion
Rate provided in Paragraph (b) below (the "Conversion Rate").

(b) The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon  conversion of each share
of Series A Preferred  Stock shall equal (1) the sum of (A) the Stated Value per
share and (B) accrued and unpaid dividends on such share(s),  divided by (2) the
Conversion  Price.  The Conversion  Price shall be equal to the less of: (1) the
average of the closing bid price of the Corporation's  Common Stock for five (5)
trading  days  immediately  preceding  the  date of  issuance  of the  Series  A

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Preferred Stock; or (2) seventy five percent (75%) of the average of the Closing
Bid Price for the five trading days immediately  preceding the conversion of the
Series A Preferred Stock. The closing bid price shall mean the closing bid price
of the  Corporation's  Common  Stock as reported  NASDAQ (or if not  reported by
NASDAQ as reported by such other exchange or market where traded).

The Series A Preferred  is subject to  mandatory  conversion  one year after the
date of issue.  The Company may not issue any additional  preferred  stock which
would  be  senior  to the  Series  A  Preferred  Stock  so long as any  Series A
Preferred is outstanding.

The Company paid a commission of ten percent of the total  offering price to the
placement agent and five per cent to its consultants,  Transition Partners, Ltd.
The holders of the 650 shares of Series A Preferred each have a demand and piggy
back registration

The private sale of the Series A Preferred  was exempt from  registration  under
Regulation  S. The sale was made in an offshore  transaction  to non US persons,
and the purchasers made  representations  to the Company  regarding their status
and actions necessary to comply with Regulation S.

                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                       DCX, Inc.
                                                     (Registrant)

August 14, 1997                          /S/ Frederick G. Beisser
                                             -----------------------------------
                                                       (Signature)
                                                   Frederick G. Beisser
                                         Secretary, Treasurer & Vice President -
                                         Finance & Accounting

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