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Re:GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobiliz... by rwmurrayVT on Thursday March 19, 2020 @10:03AM (#22627570)
'Their Optical Section performs optical alignment on shafting, masts, and other equipment.'

That's me! Norfolk Naval Station is just one shipyard in the area. There are similar yards with all of the same equipment. BAE/Colanna/NASSCO/NNSY/Lyons/ECSR. It's the same story in San Diego, Pascagula, Jacksonville, Hawaii.

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Re:GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobiliz... by ethbro on Thursday March 19, 2020 @01:42PM (#22629783)
Cool!

That's the cleanest link I came across to illustrate the point. I think people forget how much end-to-end manufacturing capability the military retains (especially the Navy), even in these days of outsourced procurement pressure.

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Re:GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobiliz... by rwmurrayVT on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @01:41PM (#22676740)
Required to buy from USA manufacturers for nearly every thing. There are a substantial number of small shops supporting the US Navy.
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