Aerospace and Defense

Luxfer’s lightweight carbon composite cylinders are used across the aerospace, aviation and nautical industries providing reliable and rapid life-saving systems.

Applications

Aerospace

We’re constantly innovating to produce the most advanced technological solutions designed to ensure the reliable and rapid deployment of life safety systems. Our cylinders are lightweight, durable, efficient and versatile, enabling greater innovation across the whole industry.

Inflation

Providing rapid deployment for emergency life rafts. Luxfer cylinders will never let you down.

Defense

We develop and manufacture products that are designed to improve the performance of inflatable life safety systems. Our inflation and aerospace cylinders offer a range of ways you can help save lives and keep people safe. From evacuation slides to life rafts, from rescue boats to helicopter floatation systems, our cylinders ensure rapid deployment when every second counts.

Helping you to defy gravity

Giving you more safe journeys

Products

L6X® – Carbon Composite Type 3 Cylinders

Luxfer’s expert engineering team creates highly customized, mission critical composite cylinders for global aerospace and defense markets.

Did you know?

We’re all working together to pioneer new technologies that help emergency and evacuation teams save more lives and keep people safer.

Latest stories

Luxfer expertise enlisted to help save lives at sea, as Norwegian maritime firm Antisink unveil new buoyancy aid

By Luxfer | March 28th, 2022

Luxfer Cylinders will be on board for the 2013 Dakar Rally

By Luxfer | January 7th, 2013

Luxfer position concerning life extension of DOT CFFC carbon composite cylinders

By Luxfer | August 12th, 2009

Luxfer's Nottingham plant sets new production record by manufacturing one million cylinders in a single year

By Luxfer | December 25th, 2006

Luxfer Gas Cylinders names SK Cylinder Corporation distributor of Luxfer products in Japan

By Luxfer | July 19th, 2006

Luxfer Gas Cylinders named to prestigious Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame for Executing Strategy

By Luxfer | June 14th, 2006

New Shanghai plant approved by government, now producing composite cylinders

By Luxfer | April 1st, 2006

5 year periodic inspection testing Luxfer fully wrapped carbon composite cylinders - Europe

By Luxfer | February 4th, 2004

Luxfer carbon composite cylinders are first to be granted five-year retest cycle by DOT

By Luxfer | May 21st, 2001

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