WARTIME EFFORT’: AIRBUS TO HELP PRODUCE VENTILATORS written by Sandy Milne March 26, 2020

いよいよ4月に入りました、が、Coronavirusの影響は未だに人々の心を曇らせています。

インフルエンザよりも恐れるに足りないCoronavirusですが、言葉の伝搬、Negativeな報道の蔓延により、世界中がPanicに陥っております。

一国のインフルエンザの感染者数や死亡者の数を比較してもCoronavirusの統計は高くはないのですが...

兎も角、航空界も国境封鎖や渡航禁止やらで、お客様が激減...

そこでAirbusの航空機も'戦時体制'として、機内の換気(Ventilation)を見直しております。

今日の英語の習慣化の4月の最初の題材は、Airbus Aircraftの事です。

‘WARTIME EFFORT’: AIRBUS TO HELP PRODUCE VENTILATORS
written by Sandy Milne March 26, 2020
Airbus is examining how it can assist with the production of ventilators for the UK’s National Health Service, as the country braces itself for the peak of its coronavirus outbreak.

The company leads the newly-created Ventilator Challenge consortium, which plans to scale up production of existing supply chains even amid shutdowns and disruption.

The group expects to obtain financial backing from Westminster in the coming days. This would allow Ventilator Challenge, as well as tech giant Dyson, to begin production as early as next week.

Airbus is examining how it can assist with the production of ventilators for the UK’s National Health Service, as the country braces itself for the peak of its coronavirus outbreak.

The company leads the newly-created Ventilator Challenge consortium, which plans to scale up production of existing supply chains even amid shutdowns and disruption.

The group expects to obtain financial backing from Westminster in the coming days. This would allow Ventilator Challenge, as well as tech giant Dyson, to begin production as early as next week.

A look at the flight deck of an Airbus A220-300. (Seth Jaworski)
According to British media sources, the UK government has appealed to companies across the country to aid the production of essential medical goods in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Appeals have been made to British industry, but particularly to firms with specialised engineering capacity such as aerospace and aviation groups.

According to The Guardian, Airbus’ efforts may also rely on its R&D team and the 3D printing process to produce specialised components used in other equipment. Other outlets have reported that aerospace contractors GKN, Renishaw, and Thales assist Airbus as part of the consortium.

The UK government is seeking to nearly quadruple the number of ventilators in the NHS to 30,000 over the course of the next few weeks.

Currently, the British healthcare system operates just 8,000. The government originally planned to choose between the consortium and Dyson’s separate proposals. It now seems set to press ahead with both.