Raytheon Technologies Corp. is retrofitting Collins Aerospace-made oxygen-filling trucks for deployment to India, where COVID-19 cases are surging and medical oxygen is in dangerously short supply.
The aerospace and defense technology manufacturer said the trucks — which are normally used to fill military aircraft and can transport approximately 270,000 liters of oxygen — are expected to be delivered to the Indian Red Cross Society in New Delhi today. The vehicles will be used to feed hospital oxygen supply lines and to fill portable oxygen cylinders, company officials said.