Carleton Life Support Systems Inc. - LOX to OBOGS Retrofit Contract

Since pilots have had the need to breathe at high altitudes, Carleton Life Support Systems Inc. has been there for them, providing oxygen enriched air and committing to the safety of their mission.
Carleton Life Support Systems is a world leader in the application of air separation technology for aviation applications and in the design and manufacture of miniature sterling cycle cryogenic coolers. Bendix Aviation founded the company in 1951 and the sold the facility to Litton Industries in 1982. Northrop Grumman Corporation acquired Litton Industries in 2001 and then in August 2003, divested the Life Support division, based in Davenport, IA, to Cobham plc, Dorsett, United Kingdom. Carleton Life Support is now part of the Carleton Technologies family of companies owned by Cobham.
Since its inception, Carleton Life Support has continually challenged its employees by encouraging forward thinking and maintaining its leadership role in advanced technology for military and commercial products. Life Support has developed an attention for details and prides itself on its rich history and reputation for excellence. Today, that persistence and innovation has transformed Carleton Life Support into a world-class operation that is on the forefront of superior new technology and continued market leadership.

Carleton Life Support Awarded US Navy LOX to OBOGS Retrofit Contract

May 24, 2004

(Davenport, IA) Carleton Life Support Systems Inc. announced today that it has been awarded the U.S. Navy retrofit contract for Molecular Sieve Oxygen Concentrators for the LOX to OBOGS (LTO) program from NAVAIR Systems Command, Patuxent River, MD.

The award covers verification test hardware and production options for 600 concentrators over four years. This program will retrofit the EA-6B, E-2C and F-18 Navy carrier based aircraft with Carleton’s model OC1169 Slimline II^TM oxygen concentrators.

Carleton’s On Board Oxygen Generating Systems (OBOGS) will be installed to eliminate the need for liquid oxygen (LOX) by using the readily available bleed air from the aircraft’s engine. The bleed air is then separated into its elements through Carleton’s molecular sieve technology to concentrate an unlimited supply of breathing oxygen to the pilot.

Carleton Life Support Systems Inc., formerly Northrop Grumman Life Support, is a world leader in the application of gas separation technology and in the design of cryogenic coolers. Among our many products are On-Board Oxygen Generating Systems (OBOGS), Breathing Regulators and Oxygen Concentrators, which reduce the logistical burden of supplying liquid oxygen (LOX) on an aircraft; On-Board Inert Gas Generating Systems (OBIGGS), which increases the survivability of a low flying aircraft and Cryogenic Coolers for use in infrared night vision equipment.