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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.

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.