Technical Tailors With Stellar Appeal

Some spacesuit subcontractors, and parts they make:

NEW ENGLAND

Air-Lock, Milford, Conn., disconnects and bearings.

BST Systems, Plainfield, Conn., battery

Sterling Engineering, Winsted, Conn., components for display, control module

RDF Corp., Hudson, N.H., temperature sensor

Titeflex, Springfield, Mass., hoses

MID-ATLANTIC

Aerospace Display, Hatfield, Pa., liquid cooling display

Carelton Technologies, Orchard Park, N.Y., oxygen regulators

ILC Dover, Frederica, Del., spacesuit fabric

WEST

Gulton-Stratham, Costa Mesa, transducers.

Umpqua Research, Myrtle Creek, Ore., bacteria cartridge on service and cooling umbilical.