Defense Primes Still Working Amid Uncertain Long-term Budget Outlook

Lockheed Martin’s mile-long F-35 assembly line, pictured here in 2012, is continuing to operate. An employee died several days after entering quarantine and complaining of virus symptoms.
Credit: Lockheed Martin
Elbit Systems of America had everything set up on April 10 to publicize a self-defense system upgrade for the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command F-16 fleet—except one last detail. Internal social-distancing directives—due to concerns about the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic—ruled out an...

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