NVIS sea
Our products are proven in-service on warships, fast patrol boats, submarines and aircraft. Oxley night vision lighting (covert IR, NVG- compatible, Oxley NVG-friendly), is supplied when a high level of reliability - in harsh marine environments - is key to our customer’s operational success.
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warships
Operational requirements for multi-platform operations have driven the adoption of night vision lighting on naval vessels. Lighting on board the naval platform must not degrade the NVG image of pilots landing using NVGs.
Navigation Lights
Navigation lights must be NV-friendly to avoid blooming and flaring in the pilot's goggles.
Oxley offers an upgrade to the existing lights using LED technology. This has been adopted on the UK Invincible class fleet. Oxley can supply NVG-friendly LED technology navigation lights for new-build projects.
Flight Deck Lighting (FDL)
All flight deck lights must be NVG-friendly. Oxley offers solutions for centerline, deck edge, deck status, wave-off, aviation homing beacon, deck wash and bulkhead wash lights. The vessel "Joint Venture" is an example where Oxley provided all the LED technology flight deck lights.
Visual Landing Aids (VLA) Upgrade
Oxley offers its experience with LED and optical filter solutions to provide NVG-friendly VLAs. An example of this capability was the upgrade of the VLAs on the UK Invincible class fleet.
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In achieving the best lighting solution, the individual requirements of flight crew, deck crew and bridge crew must be examined. It’s imperative that the warship lights do not cause any deterioration of the NVG image, maintaining the pilots' clear view of deck references.
Equally important, deck crews must have sufficient visible light to carry out their tasks. Consideration must be given to all external lights that may affect the view through NVG from the aircraft; including lights on the bridge and helicopter control station. |
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Solutions often require provision of Oxley NVG-friendly lighting schemes, incorporating white and night vision device (NVD) blue lighting into flight deck lighting and maintaining the original colors of navigation and operational lights.
LED technology is more reliable and provides better performance characteristics in many applications, while others benefit from optical filter installation.
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offshore patrol craft
Offshore and fast patrol, RIBs and other small boats, either deployed from warships or operating independently on special operations, benefit from significant operational enhancement with the addition of lights suitable for NVG operations.
IR floodlight can be used to illuminate a beach when running ashore. IR convoy or "follow-me" lights enhance multi-boat operations.
The UK Offshore Raiding Craft (ORC) is an example of this type of Oxley covert IR lighting.
Typical applications:
Covert formation lights or ‘follow me’ lights
Littoral operations
Small boats, multi-craft operations
Special Operations
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submarines
Our lighting technologies are proven for use on submarines and are designed to suit environments from control rooms to propulsion areas.
LED bulb replacements
LED panel indication
Internal lighting systems
Survivolite™ deck safety lights
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naval aircraft upgrades
Oxley has a wealth of experience in modifying naval helicopters and fast jets to NVG-compatibility and in designing and installing aircraft lighting systems.
Lynx
Sea King
Super Puma
EH-101
EA-6B
F-14
F-18
Our cockpit NVG upgrades provide a single ship capability. Multi-ship and CSAR missions in a hostile theatre require Covert IR formation lights whereas Oxley NVG-friendly navigation lights permit training missions in controlled airspace compliant with FAR/EASA regulations. |
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