FEMA’s Project Air Bridge delivers critical medical equipment to hotspots

The Federal Emergency Management Agency launched Project Air Bridge on March 29 to speed the delivery of much-needed medical equipment and supplies from overseas manufacturers. The program partners with U.S. medical supply distributors to airlift personal protective equipment from foreign factories.

Half of the shipments are sold to COVID-19 hotspots identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the other half goes to the distributors’ customers. FEMA says that Project Air Bridge reduced shipment time from weeks to days and is expected to undertake about 65 flights over the next 30 days.