02 Sep 2011

In what could amount to a $7.4 million, 5-year contract, the Astronics DME Corporation Airfield Lighting Systems & NavAids segment (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) will use solid-state lighting to replace taxiway light fixtures at Air Force bases in the continental US, Alaska, and Hawaii. LED lighting experts from Astronics DME will begin the airport lighting contract immediately by replacing 600 lights in a $72,000 order.

L-861T LED fixture delineates taxiway edges

Astronics designs and builds airfield taxiway and runway lights, including state-of-the-art LED fixtures, such as the blue LED omni-directional taxiway edge light to delineate the edges of airport taxiways, holding bays, and aprons; quartz lights for runway edge and non-precision instrument-flight-rules (IFR) runways; quartz high-intensity runway lights for runway edges and displaced thresholds; and elevated runway guard lights with dual alternating yellow light signals to enhance the visibility of taxiway holding positions at entrances to runways.

Replacing existing airport light fixtures with LED lighting should save energy and lower the Air Force's air base lifecycle maintenance and replacement costs, explains Peter Gundermann, Astronics’ president and CEO.

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