British aviation and car giants to make Covid-19 ventilators
Meggitt and McLaren, along with engineering consortiums, will help build a prototype ventilator to help the National Health Service
19 March 2020 - 18:12
London — Some of Britain’s biggest companies with expertise in aerospace and cars have formed three teams to produce basic ventilators to help the National Health Service (NHS) cope with the coronavirus outbreak.
Meggitt, which employs 12,000 people and builds components including oxygen systems for civil aerospace and military fighter programmes, is leading one consortium alongside engineers GKN, Thales and Renishaw...
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