Geurts says a shipyard closure remains a possibility

By Justin Katz / August 12, 2020 at 11:55 AM
The Navy's acquisition executive said today the service is not "out of the woods" in terms of a shipyard being shut down as a result of the coronavirus. "COVID is not a place where I think anybody is out of the woods yet in terms of how it might impact us in the future," said Hondo Geurts when asked about a Pentagon white paper assessing the consequences of the pandemic. One projection the document makes is that "at least one...

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