COVID drags defense industrial base down to failing grade
By Stephen Losey
Feb 11, 12:45 PM
WASHINGTON — The National Defense Industrial Association gave the defense industrial base an overall failing grade for the first time ever, as the ongoing COVID pandemic continues to upend the sector.
In its third annual Vital Signs report released Feb. 2, NDIA gave the industrial base a health and readiness score of 69 out of 100, which it deems an unsatisfactory and failing grade and “cause for real concern.”
NDIA, which worked on the report with decision science company Govini, scores categories on a 100-point scale, and scores below 70 are considered failing. The association based most of its study on data sources from 2020, the first year of the pandemic and before vaccinations began, so some of these results are lagging indicators.
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