Geurts: Navy Modernization At Risk Without COVID-19 Acquisition Relief Funds

USS Detroit (LCS-7) receives regularly scheduled maintenance and upkeep during a scheduled dry-dock maintenance availability phase at BAE Systems shipyard in Jacksonville, Fla., March 29, 2019. US Navy Photo

The Navy may have to sacrifice modernization efforts if it does not receive adequate relief funding to cover acquisition costs sustained due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a top service official.

Navy acquisition chief James Geurts told reporters today that to sustain a ready...

https://news.usni.org/2020/08/12/geurts-navy-modernization-at-risk-without-covid-19-acquisition-relief-funds

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