DOD Must Brace for Long-Term Supply Chain Problems; Big Mergers Likely
WASHINGTON: The COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts on the US economy are likely to create long-term problems for DoD’s ability to keep weapons flowing, experts say.
DoD should plan to deal with suppliers suffering from increasing trade flow disruptions, such as container ships piling up unopened at US docks. Domestic and foreign travel/trade restrictions are also blocking and slowing a wide variety of goods from crossing US borders, especially from key partners Canada and Mexico.
