WASHINGTON: "President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant. The mandate could have sweeping implications for the defense industry, which includes most of the largest government contractors. One trade group, the National Defense Industrial Association, immediately hailed the Biden administration’s move. The Aerospace Industries Association said it will work with the administration and federal agencies to understand what Biden’s executive order means for its members employees and operations.
-Leidos said in a statement it already announced internally that all of its employees would need to be vaccinated by Oct. 1 or provide a negative COVID-19 test result to access a Leidos facility.
-Lockheed Martin said in a statement it would continue to comply with government directives aimed at ending the pandemic.
-BAE Systems said the company is “aware of the executive order, and we are working to understand its impact on our business.”
Several lawmakers immediately lashed out against the moves, including New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, who called it a “forced illegal mandate.”
“Joe Biden’s forced vaccine mandate impacting over 100 million Americans is unconstitutional, unlawful, and an authoritarian power grab that has become a hallmark of his failed Presidency,” Stefanik said in a statement."
https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2021/09/09/defense-industry-reacts-to-new-vaccine-mandates-for-federal-contractors/