LifePort

LifePort is an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of aircraft interiors and equipment at 1610 Heritage Street, Woodland, Washington. It designs, manufactures, certifies and integrates air medical interiors, ballistic protection, cabinetry and seating. The company was founded in 1990 and has a portfolio of more than 1,000 products.

Products

• Air medical: fixed wing and rotary wing interiors, stacking litter systems, medical and utility flooring, medical seating and patient loading systems
• Ballistic protection systems for aircraft, ground vehicles and boats
• Aircraft interiors: custom cabinetry, VIP seating, multi-mission seating, monuments and galleys
• Advanced materials: composite flat and curved panels, ATR adhesives and structural panel pins

Services

LifePort offers design, prototyping, certification, qualification, and test and inspection. Its Ballistic Center of Excellence at headquarters develops ballistic protection and tests products on an in-house range, including high and low temperature tests. Composite parts use carbon, glass and aramid fiber reinforced polymers. The machine shop runs HAAS 3, 4 and 5-axis mills, turning centers, and 3 and 5-axis CNC routers.

Certifications and approvals

• ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D
• ISO 13485:2015
• FAA Part 21 Parts Manufacturing Approval
• FAA Part 145 repair station (IQR656L)
• NADCAP (pending)

Customers and markets

Customers include aerospace OEMs, air ambulance operators, law enforcement agencies, prime government contractors, U.S. military branches and foreign militaries. Missions served include HEMS, MEDEVAC, CASEVAC, VIP transport, special mission and search and rescue.

History

Gary Darley, a licensed physician's assistant, founded LifePort with a small group of partners. Darley had used aircraft to move patients from remote locations, and the company's first product was the Patient Loading Utility System (PLUS), used to load patients into medical transport aircraft. PAC Seating Systems, founded in 2002 to make business jet and VIP seating, is now part of LifePort. PAC had received more than 235 FAA Technical Standard Orders by 2018. Noah Zuckerman is CEO.