Pentagon bracing for three-month slowdown on major defense equipment

Defense News: The Department of Defense is expecting to see a three-month delay across the majority of its major defense acquisition program (MDAP) portfolio, the result of workforce and supply chain issues due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

“We believe there will be a three-month impact that we can see right now. So, we’re looking at schedule delays and inefficiencies and so forth. That isn’t a particular program, that’s MDAPs in general,” Ellen Lord, the Pentagon’s top acquisition official, told reporters Monday. “And we are just now looking at key milestones that might be impacted.”

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