Air Force, Space Force procurement offices try to keep programs moving during pandemic -...

Big-ticket contracts for space launch services and for the development of a new intercontinental ballistic missile are scheduled to be awarded this year, and that is still the plan, senior officials said.

With thousands of program managers and contracting officers working from home and only communicating by phone or video chat, paperwork is still moving virtually through the system. While the COVID-19 pandemic is creating unprecedented challenges, officials insist they are doing what they can to keep the Pentagon’s contracting machine in motion.