Analysts say the ongoing economic crisis spurred by the coronavirus pandemic could hurt the Defense Department's work with nontraditional contractors. Tara Murphy Dougherty, the chief executive of Govini, said her company's data shows the Pentagon has been successful making inroads with small and nontraditional companies. "The department's been incredibly successful in engaging this part of industry," she said. But many of these companies are more exposed to the crisis, Dougherty said, because of their size and, in many cases, because...
