Operation Warp Speed Budget
Moncef slaoui chief adviser to operation warp speed stands on the podium before president trump speaks during a news conference at the white house on sept.
Operation warp speed budget. On friday the trump administration announced the appointment of moncef slaoui as chief advisor and general gustave f. Congress has directed almost 10 billion to this effort through supplemental funding including the cares act. The secret vaccine contracts awarded through ati as part of warp speed total approximately 6 billion accounting for the majority of operation warp speeds 10 billion budget. The secret vaccine contracts awarded through ati as part of warp speed total approximately 6 billion accounting for the majority of operation warp speeds 10 billion budget.
Congress has also appropriated other flexible funding. How is operation warp speed being funded. The department of defence hhs the food and drug. Inside operation warp speeds 18 billion sprint for a vaccine its expensive secretive andif the president stays out of the wayour best hope of getting out of this pandemic.
The transfers disclosed in a government audit reported by bloomberg news and described by congressional aides have grown the budget of the warp speed program to as large as 18 billion much. Operation warp speed is a partnership among several federal government agencies to accelerate the development manufacturing and distribution of covid 19 vaccines therapeutics and diagnostics including the specific goal of delivering 300 million doses of a safe effective vaccine for covid 19 by january 2021. Operation warp speed isnt an agency as such but rather a mechanism to coordinate among private companies and an array of us government bodies. Operation warp speed ows is a publicprivate partnership initiated by the trump administration to facilitate and accelerate the development manufacturing and distribution of covid 19 vaccines therapeutics and diagnosticsoperation warp speed was introduced in early april 2020 after a round table meeting with industry executives at the white house on march 2.