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DoD Expecting Three-Month Delays for Major Acquisition Programs

DoD Expecting Three-Month Delays for Major Acquisition Programs
Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord briefs the press Monday, April 20, 2020 at the Pentagon. (Screenshot: Defense Dept.)

The Pentagon is anticipating that many of its major defense acquisition programs (MDAPs) will be delayed by about three months due to facility closures, supply chain issues and other impacts from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the department’s acquisition czar said April 20. “We believe there will be a three-month impact that we can see right now,” Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord said in a Monday teleconference. “We’re looking at schedule delays and inefficiencies and so forth.…

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