The Pentagon is bracing for a possible three-month delay across its major acquisition programs because of the COVID-19 outbreak, while Congress is eying another massive economic rescue package that could push billions in new funding to defense contractors. Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord said last week her team continues to "carefully and methodically track the state of the defense industrial base." Lord, citing statistics from the Defense Contract Management Agency, said out of 10,509 "major prime companies," 106 are closed,...
