
A recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report laid out how the COVID-19 pandemic could impact the Navy’s shipbuilding programs and noted what action Congress has taken in the past to mitigate other events. The report, Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress, was last updated March 27 and notes COVID-19 will not uniquely affect Navy shipbuilding, but it could impact shipyards that build, overhaul, repair, and maintain ships as well as their associated supplier firms and…