March 30, 2020
Ford to build 50,000 ventilators in 100 days
CNN, March 30, 2020
Ford to build 50,000 ventilators in 100 days
On Monday, Virgin Orbit announced it was also seeking to produce ventilators, making it one of the first aerospace companies to get involved. The California-based rocket startup said it has been working with UCI Health, a California research hospital, and the University of Texas at Austin, to create a prototype for a so-called “bridge” ventilator — a simple device that the company says can be quickly manufactured on a large scale.