Many of the U.S. defense firms, especially aircraft manufacturers, rely on Mexican suppliers that have closed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Lord said she discussed the impacts on the defense industrial base with U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Christopher Landau, last week. She said she expects to get in touch with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard to reopen international suppliers.
The pandemic is affecting the Pentagon in unprecedented ways, said Andrew Hunter, director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "Many firms in the supply chain for the less affected part of the defense industry are also suppliers for commercial aviation, so there is a risk of the commercial aviation 'contagion' spilling over to a much broader swath of defense industry," he added.
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