Defense Industrial Base Rebounding From COVID-19
6/16/2020
By Yasmin Tadjdeh
In March and April — as the number of COVID-19 casualties skyrocketed — the defense industrial base was being roiled. Production lines shuttered and suppliers closed as employees tested positive for the coronavirus. Numerous programs across the services faced delays and disruptions.
But as the country works to reopen and the rate of new COVID-19 infections drops, parts of the industrial base are largely rebounding, according to officials.
For the Navy, the virus led to disruptions across its shipbuilding programs, but shipyards appear to have turned a corner with productivity and employee attendance now on an upswing, said James Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition.
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2020/6/16/defense-industrial-base-rebounding-from-covid-19
