
Gulfstream Maintains Production While Fighting COVID-19
The company is continuing normal operations while also making and donating medical equipment.
Gulfstream Aerospace is not only keeping its business jet production lines, green aircraft completions, product support operations, and G700 flight-test campaign ongoing during the COVID-19 crisis, but it is also helping in the fight against the virus. The Savannah, Georgia–based aircraft manufacturer has donated personal protection equipment to hospitals in New York and made monetary donations to organizations that help those in need and is now using its 3D printers to manufacture medical equipment.
Meanwhile, Gulfstream—in partnership with two of its General Dynamics sister companies—is using its 3D printers to produce adapters for a Canadian clinic trial examining whether CPAP/BiPAP machines can be converted to usable ventilators. The company is also using its 3D labs to print tension-release bands for surgical masks and is working with its sister companies to pursue Food and Drug Administration registration/approval of 3D-printed nasal test swabs.