Posted April 15, 2020 10:14 am by Comments

By Tactical Life

The Navy Coronavirus response has received criticism of late.

The Pentagon announced two separate projects recently, both part of the Defense Production Act invoked by President Trump to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The first project increases domestic production of N95 masks to more than 39 million over the next 90 days. The second contract calls for 60 N95 Critical Decontamination Units. The machines enable the sterilization of up to 34 million masks per week.

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“I remain extremely proud of the selfless efforts of Department of Defense personnel who continue to do everything they can to help provide medical masks, test kits, medicine and meals to support America’s military, medical, emergency services and law enforcement professionals who are on the front lines and need them most,” said Under Secretary of Defense Ellen Lord, in a Defense Department release.

The procurement includes a service contract for Battelle, covering both operations and maintenance. The $415 million contract calls for 60 Battelle Memorial Institute Critical Care Decontamination Systems (CCDS) machines in total. The machines can each decontaminate up to 80,000 N95 respirators per day. A mask can then be reused up to 20 times.

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