Army planning ways to assist defense contractors during pandemic

By Ashley Tressel / April 3, 2020 at 3:19 PM
The Army's acquisition executive and modernization chief are evaluating daily the potential impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on the service's major programs and the contractors supporting them. They say while certain events have been paused or rescheduled, they are not yet expecting any significant schedule changes. The Army is "still remaining fairly close to being on track," service acquisition executive Bruce Jette told reporters on a call today. "At this point, we think in the long run that we can...

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