Aerospace & Defense Solutions

Aerospace & Defense Solutions

ILC Dover, an Ingersoll Rand Business, is a pioneering company in the development and manufacturing of soft goods for space exploration, including spacesuits, inflatable space habitats, and landing airbags.

We are also a leader in technical expertise for defense solutions providing a mix of highly technical softgoods for harsh environments and logistical expertise for tethered aerostats, passenger airships, high-altitude airships, and heavy lift structures for a variety of government customers.

Explore Our Aerospace & Defense Solutions

Spacesuits

Discover our Launch Entry & Abort (LEA) and Extravehicular Activity (EVA) spacesuits.

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Space Habitats

Discover our standard-setting inflatable habitats, airlocks and shelters for Earth orbit and planetary exploration.

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Spacecraft Landing Systems

Discover our world-leading space landing systems, including Impact Bags.

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Lighter-Than-Air & Defense Solutions

Discover our multitude of lighter than air blimp and aerostats programs for tethered aerostats, passenger airships, high-altitude airships and heavy lift structures.

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Specialty Coatings

Discover our custom thin film design and process development.

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The Leader in Spacesuit Technology

Combining innovation with a storied past, we measure our success by those we’ve returned to Earth safely over 50+ years of space travel. With each mission, ILC Dover discovers more, does more and i nnovates the functionality, efficiency and safety of our aerospace products and programs.

250+ Space Flights

6 Moon Landings

3,000+ Hours of Spacewalks

We’re Going Back to the Moon and onto Mars

Commercial spaceflight is opening the universe to all of humanity. Explore our variety of softgoods that will protect the explorers who will bravely travel beyond Earth.

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Astro Suit

Legal Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet Letter

Sol Suit

ILC Dover Habitat

Astro EVA Spacesuit – Pose

Astro EVA Spacesuit – Moon

Astro EVA Spacesuit – Helmet Off

Astro EVA Spacesuit – Lab

Astro EVA Spacesuit – Mobility

ILC Dover Facility – Frederica

Habitat Short

Habitat Wide

Boeing Starliner Drop Test

Impact Bags

SOL LEA Spacesuit – Seated

SOL LEA Spacesuit – Side

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