Army Secretary Sees `Steady Progress’ on Visit to a BAE Factory
- Esper tours fabrication and welding halls to eyeball processes
- Army’s concerned over production of vehicles and howitzers
U.S. Army Secretary Mark Esper
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Army Secretary Mark Esper says he sees “good signals” that BAE Systems Plc is working to resolve quality and management problems at its Pennsylvania facility that risk delaying key military vehicles.
“Steady progress -- it is the trajectory,” as is “continued engagement” with Army leaders, Esper said after spending about four hours at the plant in York on Thursday. “At the end of the day, the proof is in the numbers: Are they meeting cost and schedule and, obviously in this case, performance and quality?”