Businesses faced a thorny mess in 2021 amid supply chain snarls, labor shortages and government budget uncertainty. Even so, there are signs of the global defense industry’s continued resilience.
Guardsmen who refuse vaccination will not be able to participate in any drills or federal training, which could jeopardize their ability to stay in the military.
Supply chain problems have hit all sides of the defense industry in unexpected ways — and small businesses with narrower profit margins are particularly worried about how they can weather this storm.
The Pentagon and White House should provide more accommodations within its vaccination mandate to support strategically relevant firms as they make efforts to retain highly-skilled blue collar workers — particularly shipbuilders and maintainers.
As the aerospace industry attempts to make a monetary comeback from the pandemic, a notable trend among the helicopter sector is seeing one company militarize commercial variants after a sale is complete.
Almost all active-duty sailors are vaccinated ahead of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate deadline. The Navy has no idea how many of its civilian employees got the full dosage.
Senate Armed Services ranking member Jim Inhofe is demanding the military immediately drop the requirement to ensure troops aren't booted from the ranks because of vaccine concerns.
The new federal vaccine requirement announced by President Joe Biden has fueled questions from employers, including defense contractors, about how the mandate will work and whether they could lose employees as a result.
Prized pandemic protections for defense contractors would be made permanent under the House’s defense policy bill, up for floor consideration next week.
A new vaccine mandate could have sweeping implications for the defense industry, where there are some of the largest government contractors and vendors.