A Boeing and a Raytheon employee complete installation of an APY-10 radar antenna on P-8A Poseidon test aircraft T2, November 2009. Boeing
Business Insider: The Pentagon expects major weapons programs to be held up for 3 months, but that may just be the start
* The Defense Department's top acquisition official said this week that the Pentagon expects a three-month delay on major weapons programs due to the coronavirus pandemic.
* The pandemic and the work stoppages it has caused have upended the defense industry, and it may still be to soon to tell what effect it will have on smaller firms within the sector.
The Defense Department expects three-month delay to major programs as the coronavirus ripples through supply chains, though it may still be too soon to know how long it will take those suppliers to recover.
"We believe that there will be a three-month impact that we can see right now, so we're looking at schedule delays and inefficiencies," Ellen Lord, the Pentagon's chief of acquisition and sustainment, told reporters Monday.
"That isn't a particular program. That's MDAPs in general," Lord said, referring to major defense acquisition programs, which includes purchases of and upgrades to items like aircraft and ships, without naming any specifically.
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WNU Editor: This 3 month expectation is based on the premise that the pandemic and the restrictions it has imposed will end soon. I am not that optimistic.
