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Defense Industry Urges Congress To Provide Emergency Funds For DoD In Next COVID Response Bill

Defense Industry Urges Congress To Provide Emergency Funds For DoD In Next COVID Response Bill
Aerial of the Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC, with I-395 freeway on the left, and the Air Force Memorial up middle.

The Aerospace Industry Association and executives from 80 defense companies have signed a letter urging congressional leadership to provide the Pentagon with supplemental funding to help the department pay billions of dollars in industry’s pandemic-related claims.  The letter was sent Tuesday to both House and Senate leadership as Congress readies its next COVID-19 relief package, and calls for lawmakers to appropriate funding for a previous emergency bill provision that authorized reimbursements for unanticipated costs. “As you know, the [CARES Act]…

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