
Navy Budget Impact. The Navy’s top acquisition official said the COVID-19 pandemic has not had a major impact on the FY 2022 budget process yet, but it depends on the severity and time. “The Department’s kind of working their arms around that right now, that’s really being driven by [the Office of the Secretary of Defense],” Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition James Geurts told reporters on an April 16 media call. “I think it will…