Oxley Developments

Oxley Developments Company Ltd, trading as Oxley Group, designs and manufactures LED lighting systems and electronic components for defence, aerospace, rail and telecommunications customers. The company was founded in 1942 by Robert Frederick Oxley and is based at Priory Park, Ulverston, in Cumbria, United Kingdom. Its US arm, Oxley Inc, was established in 1976.

Products and capabilities

• LED lighting and night vision (NVIS) compatible lighting for military and commercial aircraft, including navigational lights and landing lights
• NVIS aircraft upgrades
• Panel mount LED indicators
• EMI suppression filters, including hermetic filter ranges
• Precision-machined interconnect components
• Data capture products
• Lighting for land vehicles, shelters and naval platforms

Military aircraft lighting

Oxley supplies LED lighting for military fixed wing and rotary aircraft: external lighting, internal cockpit and cabin lighting, and positional, landing and taxi lights, in visible and covert versions, many with dual mode capability. Single, dual (red and white) and tri mode (red, white and infrared) anti-collision lights are listed, along with specialised units such as air refuelling lights and LED lighting controllers. The company says it works with companies such as Boeing, Saab and Sikorsky and can produce LED fairing assemblies with mountings and lenses.

Components

• EMI filters, including transient voltage suppression, made at the UK centre with ceramic capacitor production, CNC machining, electro-plating, a prototype model shop and a dedicated test area
• Panel mount LED indicator lamps with ingress protection up to IP68 and an MTBF above 90,000 hours, according to the company
• Interconnect products: PCB and surface mount test points, insulated terminals, test plugs and sockets, printed circuit connectors and the Snaplox ball and socket connection system

Services

• Design services and rapid prototyping
• Obsolescence management and life cycle management
• Electronic and electro-optic design, manufacturing and test, with most facilities kept in-house

Platforms and customers

Applications listed on the site include commercial aircraft, helicopters, fast jets, cargo aircraft, UAVs, ships and submarines. The company names Airbus and Gulfstream in aviation, and BAE Systems, Saab, General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin in defence, among its customers.

Certifications and approvals

• AS9100 Rev D
• ISO 9001:2015
• ISO 14001:2015
• Cyber Essentials Plus
• FAA Part 145 repair station approval held by Oxley Inc in the US

Company facts

• Founded in 1942; moved to Ulverston in the Lake District after the Blitz
• Group CEO is Darren Cavan, appointed in 2018
• Oxley Inc has a US manufacturing center and holds an FAA Part 145 repair station approval
• Won a regional Manufacturing Business of the Year award in 2013
• Sales representatives in the UK, Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand, and Asia